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Lifting Lives: The Problems with Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs and How to Reform Them
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| Citation | Mahboubi, Parisa, and Mariam Ragab. 2020. Lifting Lives: The Problems with Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs and How to Reform Them. ###. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. |
| Page Title: | Lifting Lives: The Problems with Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs and How to Reform Them – C.D. Howe Institute |
| Article Title: | Lifting Lives: The Problems with Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs and How to Reform Them |
| URL: | https://cdhowe.org/publication/lifting-lives-problems-ontarios-social-assistance-programs-and-how-reform-them/ |
| Published Date: | June 4, 2020 |
| Accessed Date: | April 30, 2026 |
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Ontario should streamline path off welfare with more carrot, less stick
- Ontario should trim “punitive” welfare clawbacks and hike earnings exemptions for a more effective welfare system, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
- Authors Parisa Mahboubi and Mariam Ragab provide recommendations that would reduce the cost of taking on work to social assistance recipients, and tackle disincentives to join the workforce.
- The report also suggests a new approach for disability programs geared towards empowering people with disabilities with increased opportunities to join the workforce.
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