The Importance Of Poverty In Canada
absolute and overall poverty rates, due to the resources provided to children and people in poverty that support health and quality of life. These resources help avoid inequalities causing poverty rates to be low, compared to Canada where inequalities are high (Raphael, 2011, pg.380). These socio-democratic regime countries have a number of public policies that are implemented to support people. As pointed out in Chapter 12, policy domains include family benefits, early childhood care, pension plans, employment and labor, health care, social assistance, disability plans, and unemployment benefits. One of the main indicator of public commitment that supports citizens of a country is the Gross Domestic Product Percentage, which is distributed
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Countries who transfer high percentage of GDP are more likely to have low poverty rates, where countries who transfer less are likely to have high poverty rates (Raphael, 2011, p.392). The film "Where to invade next", shows that many countries who have low poverty rates and invest a lot in social infrastructure such as workers benefits, early education, school lunches and college education. They also have policies regarding decriminalized drugs, low recidivism, women's health care, workers inclusion and women inclusion. For example in the film, Slovenia offers debt and tuition free college education, where in Canada the tuition are on a rise and many people are not able to afford …show more content…
Many of the programs focus on individual poverty rather than structural inequalities, making it insufficient (Raphael, 2011, pg.424). Chapter 13 outlines four main areas of focus relevant to the programs, first if the strategy are meeting the expectations of advocacy groups, second is the focus on families with children, third is increasing employment to reduce poverty and fourth is avoiding the structural problems. The federal government offers child and family benefits through Canada Child Tax Benefit, which is a monthly payments to children less than 18 years of age. Other related benefits include National Child Benefit Supplements and Child Disability Benefits. The federal also provides $100 per month to children under the age of 6 (Raphael, 2011, pg.409). These payments they receive are based on their income tax. There are also
Countries who transfer high percentage of GDP are more likely to have low poverty rates, where countries who transfer less are likely to have high poverty rates (Raphael, 2011, p.392). The film "Where to invade next", shows that many countries who have low poverty rates and invest a lot in social infrastructure such as workers benefits, early education, school lunches and college education. They also have policies regarding decriminalized drugs, low recidivism, women's health care, workers inclusion and women inclusion. For example in the film, Slovenia offers debt and tuition free college education, where in Canada the tuition are on a rise and many people are not able to afford …show more content…
Many of the programs focus on individual poverty rather than structural inequalities, making it insufficient (Raphael, 2011, pg.424). Chapter 13 outlines four main areas of focus relevant to the programs, first if the strategy are meeting the expectations of advocacy groups, second is the focus on families with children, third is increasing employment to reduce poverty and fourth is avoiding the structural problems. The federal government offers child and family benefits through Canada Child Tax Benefit, which is a monthly payments to children less than 18 years of age. Other related benefits include National Child Benefit Supplements and Child Disability Benefits. The federal also provides $100 per month to children under the age of 6 (Raphael, 2011, pg.409). These payments they receive are based on their income tax. There are also