Lifting Lives: The Problems with Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs and How to Reform Them

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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:February 18, 2025

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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