As provincial governments hand out one-time cash payments to help residents cope with inflation, anti-poverty advocates say the efforts are a missed opportunity to help those most in need.
Doug Pawson, the executive director of Newfoundland-based anti-poverty group End Homelessness St. John's, says that while every dollar helps, the one-time nature of the payments mean they don't address people's enduring needs.
"It's a lot of money that's being put out and there's nothing meaningful that's going to come from it, in the same way that targeted investments into housing, for example, could have had," he said. Other provinces have taken similar steps. Saskatchewan has said it will give all residents who completed a tax return last year a one-time payment of $500, while Manitoba is giving all families with incomes up to $175,00 a $250 cheque for their first child and $200 for each additional child under 18.
Ewan Sauves, a spokesman for Quebec Premier François Legault, said the rising cost of living is affecting everyone and that the December payments will be "more generous for lower income individuals and families."
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