Private charities generally spend money more wisely and effectively than governments.
welfare benefits
February 1, 2021
1:49PM
November 4, 2020
9:46AM
At $38,000, the benefit it begins to get “clawed back” at a rate of 50 cents on the dollar.
August 9, 2016
10:59AM
Empirically the long-run effect of U.S. immigration on employment and wages tends to be low or zero.
January 26, 2012
2:00AM
Surrey MLA Jagrup Brar's attempt to spend January living on the $610 welfare rate for a single employable individual has succeeded in getting people talking about the adequacy of welfare. Brar's actions are in response to a challenge issued by Raise the Rates, a coalition of community groups that wants to double welfare benefits. But despite all the publicity Brar has received, the reality is that for most recipients, welfare is adequate and raising benefits would only create further welfare dependency.
February 16, 2004
2:00AM
In a disastrous U-turn on welfare reform, the BC Government de-legitimized what was one of Canadas most important social welfare reforms to date; a limit that capped the amount of time employable adults could collect welfare to 2 out of every 5 years. Late on Friday afternoon, February 6th, the BC Liberals announced a series of new exemptions to the time limits, including one that exempts anyone abiding by their work plan.