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Alternatives to Poverty and Welfare in Alberta
Publisher: Economic Social Planning Council, Edmonton, CanadaYear Published: 1973 Pages: 38pp Price: $1.50 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX104 A basic accounting of the extent of poverty and of those on welfare in Canada and Alberta. Abstract: The extensive document gives a basic accounting of the extent of poverty and of those on welfare in Canada and Alberta and corrects erroneous conceptions about welfare recipients. The role of minimum wage laws, unemployment inflation trade off, medicare premiums and technology and cybernetics on poverty and increasing welfare rolls are discussed and documented. Various proposed income security programs and the present welfare system is contrasted with a preferred alternative: the alternative includes a Guaranteed Annual Inome with work incentive, higher minimum wage, free health coverage, separation of payments from services, urging the Federal Gov't to adopt a nation-wide G.A.I. Also available is a pamphlet that complements this document entitled "20 questions on Poverty and Welfare". Subject Headings |