Without housing, poverty plan is ‘window dressing’ January 14, 2021
“This plan that the government is laying out is short on specifics,” Michael Fullan told
The Catholic Register. “There’s some good statements there, but there’s not any teeth backing it up.”
Children, Community and Social Services Minister Todd Smith released the province’s new five-year poverty-reduction strategy just before the Christmas break. The plan promises job creation, skills training and services to connect people on welfare with employment while commiting the government to accelerating the number of people getting off welfare each year from 35,000 in 2019 to 60,000 by 2024.
But the 7,000-word document makes no specific commitment to build or finance affordable housing, and that’s a problem, said Fullan.