Most policies put in place to reduce poverty such as unemployment insurance, old age security, and family allowances are just on paper since no efforts have been made to implement them (Abraham and Tastsoglou, 2016, P. 8). The welfare system has also failed because it treats the symptoms of poverty rather than addressing the root cause. In addition, it doesn’t reach individuals who are working but their income doesn’t reach the low-income cut-off threshold (Sharma, 2012, P. 20). Furthermore, the system does no good to the poor individuals since it contributes to lose of self-respect as well as making them vulnerable to frustrations (Curtis and Rybczynski, 2016,
