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Stronger social policies help all of us, not only the poor
By David Crane August 24, 2020
September's Throne Speech should outline how the government will help create a better deal for low-income Canadians, in the short and long term.
Activists marched to Parliament Hill in 2017 to protest the government's social housing program. The event was organized by the Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) and supported by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
TORONTO—The COVID-19 pandemic clearly shows how dependent our society is on frontline workers. Caregivers in nursing homes, grocery clerks, and warehouse and delivery workers are just some examples of the people we have depended on to keep our society functioning in the worst public health crisis in many decades.
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