Quebec has one of the most generous social-assistance programs on the continent probably.
It's a problem everyone knows but few have the courage to deal with. The PQ are masters of getting into power promising the world it knows it can't afford and then cutting and going all "neo-liberal" when in power.
500 000 Quebecers are on "social assistance" which roughly translates into about .7% of the population. Read more about our performance relative to other provinces at the Montreal Economic Institute.
It's interesting because I accidentally came across a stat disclosing that 1.2 million Californians (roughly .3%) are on welfare. Quebec has double the amount of people on the dole.
With nowhere near the economic might and wealth of California - a state essentially in bankruptcy.
Still, there are always other takes on the matter. This article (originally) in the Toronto Star argues Quebec is making progress.
Seems a little hollow to me but it deserves mention.
I applaud our efforts to help people though.
If this post seems a little disjointed I apologize. I'm spent and famished after blowing leaves and cleaning up a 15 000 square foot yard at my daycare. Can't leave before 6pm. Not...thinking.....stra....
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