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Home / Poverty

Poverty

Submission to the Standing Committee … on the Poverty Reduction Act

April 29, 2009

Group details the ongoing poverty faced by injured workers in its submission to the hearings of the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 152. It also calls for restoration of funding to community groups to ensure their voice is heard.…

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Submission on Bill 152, Poverty Reduction Act

April 21, 2009

Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy details how the workers’ compensation system relegates a substantial number of injured workers to poverty and welfare programs. IWC proposes how, with a few additions, the Bill could eradicate poverty among injured workers and…

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Poverty in Motion

February 1, 2008

Study, co-written by Karli Brotchie and Becky Casey, aimed to to identify the impact of injury on workers, the extent to which it affects their income, the unique challenges of impoverished injured workers in Thunder Bay and characteristics of those particularly vulnerable…

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No more cap in hand

May 1, 2007

Cost of living protection as a right : early in the 21st century injured workers are being condemned to poverty and shame by employers and governments who claim that fully indexed benefits are far too costly.…

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