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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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Pre-budget austerity musings
October 30, 2025
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Climbing the mountain to end homelessness while others pull you down
October 30, 2025
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Exploring the potential role of ePayroll in income-tested benefit and support programs 
October 28, 2025
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Tackling Canada’s housing crisis: How the federal government can build at scale now
October 6, 2025
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To address poverty, the federal government must first deal with the budgetary elephant in the room
September 24, 2025
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Dear Minister: We urge you to reconsider your cuts to the Interim Housing Assistance Program immediately
September 24, 2025