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THE
NEW ONTARIO: Poor have taken their hit, Eves hints; [FINAL Edition] |
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Sherri
Davis-Barron. The
Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa,
Ont.: Jul
28, 1995. pg. A.1 |
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NEWS |
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The
Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ont.: Jul
28, 1995. pg. A.1 |
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Newspaper |
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08393222 |
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21142974 |
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483 |
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http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=21142974&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=58622&RQT=309&VName=PQD |
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Ontario's 1.3 million
social assistance recipients have taken their big hit and shouldn't be
expected to endure further major reductions in their welfare cheques, Finance
Minister Ernie Eves says. ``If there is
good news for those people in the actions we have taken, it's that for the
large part . . . they have made their contribution,'' Eves said Thursday
during a meeting with the Citizen's editorial board. Eves, who was
in Ottawa mainly for an informal meeting with federal Finance Minister Paul
Martin, was referring to the $469 million Ontario will save this fiscal year
by cutting welfare rates by 21.6 per cent in October. |
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(Copyright The Ottawa Citizen) Ran with
sidebar headlined "What Do You Think ?" Ontario's 1.3
million social assistance recipients have taken their big hit and shouldn't
be expected to endure further major reductions in their welfare cheques,
Finance Minister Ernie Eves says. ``If there is
good news for those people in the actions we have taken, it's that for the
large part . . . they have made their contribution,'' Eves said Thursday
during a meeting with the Citizen's editorial board. ``For large
part, that system (social assistance) has taken the reduction that's it's
going to get.'' Eves, who was
in Ottawa mainly for an informal meeting with federal Finance Minister Paul
Martin, was referring to the $469 million Ontario will save this fiscal year
by cutting welfare rates by 21.6 per cent in October. Reduced social
assistance was the largest single cut the government announced Friday as part
of $1.9 billion in spending cuts. About 110,000 men, women and children rely
on social assistance in Ottawa-Carleton. Eves was asked
if he had concerns about the pace at which his government is making spending
decisions. ``Some people
would argue we've gone way too fast already in the first four weeks,'' he
said, ``(but) it's the sort of issue that if you don't grapple with it early
on, it really has a tremendous opportunity to get right out of control.'' ``Having said
that, you can't make such huge reductions that you're going to severely
impact or restrict the economy. We feel we have to make the province of
Ontario competitive again." Fortunately
for the Harris government, many spending decisions can be made without
waiting for the legislature to resume sitting this fall, Eves said. There will be
many more reductions before the province is able to balance the budget, he
predicted. ``Everybody in the province, quite frankly, can expect to be
affected sooner or later.'' Meanwhile, the
latest social assistance cuts mean that the maximum shelter allowance
available to a single person on general welfare decreases from $414 to $325
per month. A person receiving that maximum shelter allowance will have $195
per month for food, clothing and other expenses, effective Oct. 1. While there
may not be further cuts to welfare cheques, Eves said he would like to further
change the welfare system to improve fairness and equity. Welfare fraud
remains an area the government and Social Services Minister David Tsubouchi
must look at ``in much more detail,'' Eves said. ``There's
definitely fraud or abuse in the welfare system and the unfortunate part of
that aspect of it is that it really takes away money from people who need it
the most. We have to devise some ways of . . . cutting down on abuse and
fraud within the system,'' he said. ***
Infomart-Online ***
Credit: THE
OTTAWA CITIZEN |
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