There are many assumptions about lone parent on welfare that are inaccurate. A lot of people classified people on social assistance as a lazy person, most especially women. They are characterized as lazy, or simply waiting for the next month’s benefits to turn in. This assumption is not true. According to Global News, nearly 73% of people receiving welfare assistance are members of working families, though some families still need social assistance to be financial stable (2016). Similarly to Hick, above half of those on welfare work full or part-time if they are able to do so (2015, p. 130). That is, a lot of low-income family still need welfare assistance to be financially stable; but due to the policy of welfare system in Canada, it is not
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Mignon was poorer when she was employed, compared to when she went back on welfare assistance. Looking at this from macro level, it is strong that the assumption of lone parents on welfare being lazy is not true; and the social welfare policy is making lone parents poorer. Claimants must meet the requirements, which means proper financial document must be shown in order to decide if eligible or not (Hick, 2015, p. 139). Therefore, the assumption of single parent being lazy is not just accurate; it is just a stigma on women that is on social …show more content…
Recent issues impacting the lives of people have escalated more than the welfare-to-work policy because the population receiving social assistance are “persons with disabilities, homeless people, and people with mental health issues. This policy has been a huge success by rendering services to the needy, but still need some amendments to better serve people. The new income splitting policy implemented by the federal government would be in the favour of the high-class group, which will then have a negative impact on low-class, middle-class groups. According to Hick, the Mulroney government initiated to slice, slice, and still more cuts grants for medicare. In 1990, the cut child benefits was announced, then later announced the end of universality in family allowance (2015). Universal Child Care Benefit, which comes with the family tax cut-off; this new policy segregated single parents, which then lead them to disadvantage because, they will not be benefiting from the new income splitting policy. Furthermore, the new system of tax filing is confusing and hard to navigate because it does not consider the educational level of parents in order to under the way it works. The fact that the family tax cut was aimed at addressing an inequity in the tax
Mignon was poorer when she was employed, compared to when she went back on welfare assistance. Looking at this from macro level, it is strong that the assumption of lone parents on welfare being lazy is not true; and the social welfare policy is making lone parents poorer. Claimants must meet the requirements, which means proper financial document must be shown in order to decide if eligible or not (Hick, 2015, p. 139). Therefore, the assumption of single parent being lazy is not just accurate; it is just a stigma on women that is on social …show more content…
Recent issues impacting the lives of people have escalated more than the welfare-to-work policy because the population receiving social assistance are “persons with disabilities, homeless people, and people with mental health issues. This policy has been a huge success by rendering services to the needy, but still need some amendments to better serve people. The new income splitting policy implemented by the federal government would be in the favour of the high-class group, which will then have a negative impact on low-class, middle-class groups. According to Hick, the Mulroney government initiated to slice, slice, and still more cuts grants for medicare. In 1990, the cut child benefits was announced, then later announced the end of universality in family allowance (2015). Universal Child Care Benefit, which comes with the family tax cut-off; this new policy segregated single parents, which then lead them to disadvantage because, they will not be benefiting from the new income splitting policy. Furthermore, the new system of tax filing is confusing and hard to navigate because it does not consider the educational level of parents in order to under the way it works. The fact that the family tax cut was aimed at addressing an inequity in the tax