From CBC Saskatchewan:"NDP leadership candidate Deb Higgins wants to make poverty a key issue in the next provincial election, saying she wants to reduce the number of people living below the poverty line by 25 per cent.
That can be done by building more affordable housing, boosting the minimum wage and giving more help to people with addictions, Higgins said.
Her anti-poverty plan also calls for:
* Increased access to mental health and addiction services.
* More support for childcare, including more spaces and help for parents working non-traditional hours.
* More money for literacy programs and community schools.
Higgins, who is the MLA for Moose Jaw Wakamow, estimates her plan to reduce the gap between rich and poor will cost an additional $628 million a year.
That may seem like a lot, but reducing poverty is in the best interests of all Saskatchewan people, Higgins said."
1 comments:
It's stuff like this that made me leave the province for Alberta.
When the goverment raises the minimum wage it always ends up putting people out of work. If it's such a great idea why not just make the minimum wage $50 / hour?
Why does the left always insist that the only solution to childcare issues is that the goverment 'create' childcare spaces? Why not reduce the size and scope of goverment and the resulting tax burden on individuals to allow for traditional childcare ie parents actualy raising their kids rather than strangers.
Goverment can not create anything. All it does is reallocate resources from productive sources to unproductive ones.
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