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From data to action: Policy implications of Welfare in Canada, 2024

September 9, 2025

This policy brief shows how social assistance and associated benefits keep people in deep poverty, and offers recommendations to raise incomes, fix shelter benefits, and redesign the Canada Disability Benefit.

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Learning from our mistakes: Ontario needs more than an employment strategy to address rising poverty
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Exploring the potential role of ePayroll in income-tested benefit and support programs 
October 28, 2025