[news] Poverty: "The Dirty Secret Nobody Talks About"

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

"...Canadian society is more unequal today than at any time since the end of the Second World War, the era when “modern” Canada was created by...nation-building projects of universal pensions, unemployment insurance, hospital insurance, medicare, housing and federal support for post-secondary education. Canadians wanted a strong central government to guarantee they were available everywhere...Differences between people and provinces are now more important than what brings them together. And the differences are accelerated by the transformation of the tax system from seeking fairness to rewarding initiative."

  


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