The welfare payments should not be reduced to encourage recipients to get jobs, because this will have the opposite affect instead due to regular expenses, childcare and mental health problems. The decay of social assistance and income in Canada with its correlation to the rise of homelessness over the past 30 years, reveals that government social safety is not as reliable as one is taught to believe (Government Benefits, par 2). Cutting payments will push recipients into poverty and debt which disables them from finding work (Cooper par 5). The payments cuts will force individuals to try to survive day to day in meeting their necessities, which restricts their time and resources to look for actual permanent work (Patrick par 2). It is a distraction
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Moreover, recipients with children will no longer be able to afford day care services if they already could to begin with. Their children cannot be left alone and there’s no one to watch them which makes it impossible to go out to look and interview for jobs (Turner par 1). Many even leave their jobs because they cannot afford the facility in the first place (Paperny par 7). Contrary to the stereotypes of welfare recipients being lazy and heavily depend on the government is false. Most do everything they can to find work to support their family and get off welfare (Paperny par 10). “People on welfare already have to demonstrate that they’re looking for a job or trying to get training” claims Tim Hudak, CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association, which proves, they are already working towards a job. The lack of resources that grant and allow receivers to look for jobs will however be restricted due to payment cuts, this limits their ability to look for jobs, trapping them in a cycle of poverty. Moreover, constantly thinking about debt and expenses with no way to fix them, stresses the individuals mental state (Patrick par
Moreover, recipients with children will no longer be able to afford day care services if they already could to begin with. Their children cannot be left alone and there’s no one to watch them which makes it impossible to go out to look and interview for jobs (Turner par 1). Many even leave their jobs because they cannot afford the facility in the first place (Paperny par 7). Contrary to the stereotypes of welfare recipients being lazy and heavily depend on the government is false. Most do everything they can to find work to support their family and get off welfare (Paperny par 10). “People on welfare already have to demonstrate that they’re looking for a job or trying to get training” claims Tim Hudak, CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association, which proves, they are already working towards a job. The lack of resources that grant and allow receivers to look for jobs will however be restricted due to payment cuts, this limits their ability to look for jobs, trapping them in a cycle of poverty. Moreover, constantly thinking about debt and expenses with no way to fix them, stresses the individuals mental state (Patrick par