As a social constructed issue, poverty functions under the hegemony of our Canadian society. Therefore, it causes wide arrays of inequalities against single mothers on Ontario Works that range from: oppressive regulation in accessing social services, unaffordable housing, inaccessible daycare, to biases in employment processes. With this neoliberal view of understanding “human rights and equity concerns as the rights and equality to compete, the provincial government ignores or minimizes the fact that everyone does not meet at the starting line with the same abilities or equipment to compete fairly” (Little, 2012, p. 9). These biases against the less fortunate, particularly single mothers, and the stigma of being a lone mother in society also
