Reading Time: 3 minutes Government is called upon for yet more legislation and more money when the real problem is poor parenting
Tag: Welfare
A bad rap: one singer’s misplaced perspective on treaty rights
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government now spends approximately $100,000 per year on each First Nations family
Healthy nations need healthy boundaries
Reading Time: 4 minutes If the world has anything to teach Canada, it’s not how to treat migrants. It’s how to deliver health care for its own
Blame the parents for suffering of children on the margins
Reading Time: 3 minutes Developmentally delayed children come into a failing welfare system due to irresponsible parents placing substance abuse ahead of their children
Unconditional basic income is a bad idea
Reading Time: 4 minutes Such a program would weaken the incentives to work for lower-income Canadians and people not strongly tied to the labour force
Canada can work for everyone, if we all work together
Reading Time: 3 minutes Although a growing number of aboriginal people are productive members of the workforce, far too many rely on the government for support. That must change
The unsteady foundation of basic income proposals
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many people, especially seniors, could see a drop in their incomes under a guaranteed annual income
Too many negatives on negative income tax
Reading Time: 3 minutes A minimum income program or negative income tax sounds good, but the numbers do not work