Tag: poverty

Majority embraces stereotype of the poor (December 2002)

By phrc | Published: December 1, 2002
Majority Embraces Stereotype of Poor by Shelagh Day The majority decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in last week’s welfare rights case, Gosselin v Quebec, is a disturbing one. Five judges endorsed a Quebec scheme that consigned thousands of 18 to 30 year old welfare recipients to extreme poverty, and found that it did not harm the human dignity [...]
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Poverty is a Human Rights Violation (December 2001)

By phrc | Published: December 1, 2001
This paper is about obstacles to an understanding that poverty is a human rights violation.
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