The primary difference between social services and income security is: income se

The primary difference between social services and income security is:
income security provides non-monetary benefits such as addictions treatment and child welfare.
income security provides monetary assistance to those with no other source of income.
income security is seen as a way to appease the labour community, as an alternative to strikes and social unrest.
income security provides monetary benefits.
When reviewing a policy, it is important to consider whether it incorporates core social welfare values, including which of the following?
The inclusion lens
The equity lens
The social justice lens
All the above
According to researchers compiling the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, over 20 year the GDP increased almost 40%, while:
The CIW increased 60%
The CIW increased 30%
The CIW increased 20%
The CIW increased less than 10%
Canadian social welfare programs up to World War II could best be characterized as being essentially:
Residual in nature
Institutional in nature
Social investment in nature
Essentially non-existent
The term ‘deserving poor’ refers to:
children under the age of 19
people not physically able to work
families who had moved from the rural farms into urban cities
men who can work but cannot find employment
The period of time in North American income security history that was the most egalitarian and had strong mechanisms for sharing wealth and collective responsibility for the weakest was:
Prior to European arrival
The colonial period
The industrialization period
The welfare state period
Since the late 1900s, the level of corporate taxation in Canada has:
Increased
Decreased
Remained approximately the same
Gone up and down, more or less in random fashion
The “post-war consensus” in relation to social welfare refers to:
An agreement among nations that there would be no more World Wars and every effort would be made to prevent another Great Depressions
A kind of “peace” between labor and business, which allowed for the continued expansion of social welfare in the post-war period.
A concerted effort by governments and labor movement to end child and family poverty in Canada
Compromises made by successive minority governments during the post-war period that ultimately had the effect of making social policymaking over this period ineffectual.
Between 1974 and 1979, the town of Dauphin, Manitoba, entered into an experiment called “Mincome.” The Mincome experiment provides evidence that:
Basic income programs can be an effective strategy to address poverty
Basic income programs do not work at all
Basic income programs result in major social problems for the individuals involved and their community
Basic income programs have little or no effect
As social assistance rates decline and eligibility requirements for EI tighten, food bank usage by Canadians will likely:
Increase
Decrease slightly
Decrease by a large amount
Remain the about same
Section [B]: 10 True or False Questions (10 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions: Clearly circle only ONE correct answer for each question. If more than one answer is circled that question will be marked as incorrect. 
Clearly indicate your answer. Each question is worth 1 mark each.
Government cutbacks and cost-saving measures in recent years have improved the ability of the welfare state to advance the well-being of Canadians.
TRUE or FALSE
In every jurisdiction, eligibility for social assistance is determined on the basis of a needs test, which takes into account a household’s financial assets and income.
TRUE or FALSE
All women in Canada gained the rights to vote, to run for office, and to be appointed to the Senate during World War I.
TRUE or FALSE
The Great Depression was so financially devastating that people began to see that poverty and unemployment were not the results of individual inadequacy or laziness, but common and insurable threats to everyone’s livelihood.
TRUE or FALSE
The Beveridge Report (Britain) and the Marsh Report (Canada), both released in 1943, established the baseline for the rapid expansion of universal social welfare.
TRUE or FALSE
The EI program has been improving because the Government of Canada contributes all funding to the program with no costs to employers and workers.
TRUE or FALSE
Both men and women who identify as Black have lower labour force participation rates than their non-racialized counterparts.
TRUE or FALSE
Workers’ compensation is an insurance program designed to replace the tort system (the courts) in determining compensation for a work-related injury or illness.
TRUE or FALSE
Low-wage, immigrant, racialized, and migrant workers have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic. Many work in temporary, part-time, contract, or precarious jobs, and often in more than one workplace.
TRUE or FALSE
The Market Basket Measure (MBM) calculates the amount of income needed by a household to meet its daily needs — a family or person is considered to be living in poverty if they cannot afford a basic basket of goods and services, adjusted for 50 different communities across Canada to account for cost-of-living differences.
TRUE or FALSE
Section [C]: Short Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space provided below to respond to each question.
Here is an excerpt about the Child Care Fee Subsidy.
Question 1a (3 Marks)
How does a child care fee subsidy fulfill the key functions of the welfare state?
Question 1b (1 Mark)
Is it a universal or selective program? Why?
Question 1c (2 Marks)
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a universal and selective program?
Question 2 (1 Marks)
Ontario Works is representative of what type of approach to social welfare and why?
Question 3 (3 Marks)
Which political party is this platform representative of?
_______ would increase the $15 federal minimum wage to $20 and immediately deliver a new disability benefit. They have said they would make the “creation of a guaranteed livable basic income” a priority in order to strengthen Canada’s social safety net.
_______ say they will double the disability supplement in the Canada Workers Benefit from $713 to $1,500, and make it easier to qualify for the Disability Tax Credit and Registered Disability Savings Plan.
_______ increased the federal minimum wage to $15 and say they would enhance the Canada Workers Benefit to support about one million more Canadians in low-wage jobs.
Question 4 (3 marks)
How would you describe the welfare state in Canada in the 2020s?
Please use this:
Toronto Vital Signs Report
Question 5a (1 marks)
P. 37: Define a Quintile Distribution. What was the trend over the past year?
Question 5b (2 marks)
P. 39-40: Define the term “poverty gap”. What is the poverty gap of those using OW or ODSP?
How did CERB highlight the deficiencies of OW and ODSP?
Question 5c (2 marks)
P. 45: Define “Unemployment rate”. How did the unemployment change over the year?
If we took an intersectional approach to understanding unemployment, what else would we pay attention to?
Question 5d (2 marks)
P. 56: Describe the labour market experiences of Canadian youth today and explain possible reasons and resolutions.
Section [D]: Long Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space below to respond to each question.
Read:
Ontario’s 10-cent increase in minimum wage called ‘insult’ to workers | CBC News
Question 1 (4 Marks)
How is this an example of the working poor? What are some of the other inequalities experienced by the working poor?
Read:
A bartender’s perspective: COVID-19 and precarious workers | Ricochet
Question 2 (4 marks)
How is this representative of precarious work? How are the different dimensions of precarious work applied here?
Read:
Dignity for All (p. 3-5)
Question 3 (6 Marks)
Opportunity for All is a policy introduced by the Government of Canada in 2018. Explain its approach to the problem of poverty.
The primary difference between social services and income security is:
income security provides non-monetary benefits such as addictions treatment and child welfare.
income security provides monetary assistance to those with no other source of income.
income security is seen as a way to appease the labour community, as an alternative to strikes and social unrest.
income security provides monetary benefits.
When reviewing a policy, it is important to consider whether it incorporates core social welfare values, including which of the following?
The inclusion lens
The equity lens
The social justice lens
All the above
According to researchers compiling the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, over 20 year the GDP increased almost 40%, while:
The CIW increased 60%
The CIW increased 30%
The CIW increased 20%
The CIW increased less than 10%
Canadian social welfare programs up to World War II could best be characterized as being essentially:
Residual in nature
Institutional in nature
Social investment in nature
Essentially non-existent
The term ‘deserving poor’ refers to:
children under the age of 19
people not physically able to work
families who had moved from the rural farms into urban cities
men who can work but cannot find employment
The period of time in North American income security history that was the most egalitarian and had strong mechanisms for sharing wealth and collective responsibility for the weakest was:
Prior to European arrival
The colonial period
The industrialization period
The welfare state period
Since the late 1900s, the level of corporate taxation in Canada has:
Increased
Decreased
Remained approximately the same
Gone up and down, more or less in random fashion
The “post-war consensus” in relation to social welfare refers to:
An agreement among nations that there would be no more World Wars and every effort would be made to prevent another Great Depressions
A kind of “peace” between labor and business, which allowed for the continued expansion of social welfare in the post-war period.
A concerted effort by governments and labor movement to end child and family poverty in Canada
Compromises made by successive minority governments during the post-war period that ultimately had the effect of making social policymaking over this period ineffectual.
Between 1974 and 1979, the town of Dauphin, Manitoba, entered into an experiment called “Mincome.” The Mincome experiment provides evidence that:
Basic income programs can be an effective strategy to address poverty
Basic income programs do not work at all
Basic income programs result in major social problems for the individuals involved and their community
Basic income programs have little or no effect
As social assistance rates decline and eligibility requirements for EI tighten, food bank usage by Canadians will likely:
Increase
Decrease slightly
Decrease by a large amount
Remain the about same
Section [B]: 10 True or False Questions (10 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions: Clearly circle only ONE correct answer for each question. If more than one answer is circled that question will be marked as incorrect. 
Clearly indicate your answer. Each question is worth 1 mark each.
Government cutbacks and cost-saving measures in recent years have improved the ability of the welfare state to advance the well-being of Canadians.
TRUE or FALSE
In every jurisdiction, eligibility for social assistance is determined on the basis of a needs test, which takes into account a household’s financial assets and income.
TRUE or FALSE
All women in Canada gained the rights to vote, to run for office, and to be appointed to the Senate during World War I.
TRUE or FALSE
The Great Depression was so financially devastating that people began to see that poverty and unemployment were not the results of individual inadequacy or laziness, but common and insurable threats to everyone’s livelihood.
TRUE or FALSE
The Beveridge Report (Britain) and the Marsh Report (Canada), both released in 1943, established the baseline for the rapid expansion of universal social welfare.
TRUE or FALSE
The EI program has been improving because the Government of Canada contributes all funding to the program with no costs to employers and workers.
TRUE or FALSE
Both men and women who identify as Black have lower labour force participation rates than their non-racialized counterparts.
TRUE or FALSE
Workers’ compensation is an insurance program designed to replace the tort system (the courts) in determining compensation for a work-related injury or illness.
TRUE or FALSE
Low-wage, immigrant, racialized, and migrant workers have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic. Many work in temporary, part-time, contract, or precarious jobs, and often in more than one workplace.
TRUE or FALSE
The Market Basket Measure (MBM) calculates the amount of income needed by a household to meet its daily needs — a family or person is considered to be living in poverty if they cannot afford a basic basket of goods and services, adjusted for 50 different communities across Canada to account for cost-of-living differences.
TRUE or FALSE
Section [C]: Short Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space provided below to respond to each question.
Here is an excerpt about the Child Care Fee Subsidy.
Question 1a (3 Marks)
How does a child care fee subsidy fulfill the key functions of the welfare state?
Question 1b (1 Mark)
Is it a universal or selective program? Why?
Question 1c (2 Marks)
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a universal and selective program?
Question 2 (1 Marks)
Ontario Works is representative of what type of approach to social welfare and why?
Question 3 (3 Marks)
Which political party is this platform representative of?
_______ would increase the $15 federal minimum wage to $20 and immediately deliver a new disability benefit. They have said they would make the “creation of a guaranteed livable basic income” a priority in order to strengthen Canada’s social safety net.
_______ say they will double the disability supplement in the Canada Workers Benefit from $713 to $1,500, and make it easier to qualify for the Disability Tax Credit and Registered Disability Savings Plan.
_______ increased the federal minimum wage to $15 and say they would enhance the Canada Workers Benefit to support about one million more Canadians in low-wage jobs.
Question 4 (3 marks)
How would you describe the welfare state in Canada in the 2020s?
Please use this:
Toronto Vital Signs Report
Question 5a (1 marks)
P. 37: Define a Quintile Distribution. What was the trend over the past year?
Question 5b (2 marks)
P. 39-40: Define the term “poverty gap”. What is the poverty gap of those using OW or ODSP?
How did CERB highlight the deficiencies of OW and ODSP?
Question 5c (2 marks)
P. 45: Define “Unemployment rate”. How did the unemployment change over the year?
If we took an intersectional approach to understanding unemployment, what else would we pay attention to?
Question 5d (2 marks)
P. 56: Describe the labour market experiences of Canadian youth today and explain possible reasons and resolutions.
Section [D]: Long Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space below to respond to each question.
Read:
Ontario’s 10-cent increase in minimum wage called ‘insult’ to workers | CBC News
Question 1 (4 Marks)
How is this an example of the working poor? What are some of the other inequalities experienced by the working poor?
Read:
A bartender’s perspective: COVID-19 and precarious workers | Ricochet
Question 2 (4 marks)
How is this representative of precarious work? How are the different dimensions of precarious work applied here?
Read:
Dignity for All (p. 3-5)
Question 3 (6 Marks)
Opportunity for All is a policy introduced by the Government of Canada in 2018. Explain its approach to the problem of poverty.
The primary difference between social services and income security is:
income security provides non-monetary benefits such as addictions treatment and child welfare.
income security provides monetary assistance to those with no other source of income.
income security is seen as a way to appease the labour community, as an alternative to strikes and social unrest.
income security provides monetary benefits.
When reviewing a policy, it is important to consider whether it incorporates core social welfare values, including which of the following?
The inclusion lens
The equity lens
The social justice lens
All the above
According to researchers compiling the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, over 20 year the GDP increased almost 40%, while:
The CIW increased 60%
The CIW increased 30%
The CIW increased 20%
The CIW increased less than 10%
Canadian social welfare programs up to World War II could best be characterized as being essentially:
Residual in nature
Institutional in nature
Social investment in nature
Essentially non-existent
The term ‘deserving poor’ refers to:
children under the age of 19
people not physically able to work
families who had moved from the rural farms into urban cities
men who can work but cannot find employment
The period of time in North American income security history that was the most egalitarian and had strong mechanisms for sharing wealth and collective responsibility for the weakest was:
Prior to European arrival
The colonial period
The industrialization period
The welfare state period
Since the late 1900s, the level of corporate taxation in Canada has:
Increased
Decreased
Remained approximately the same
Gone up and down, more or less in random fashion
The “post-war consensus” in relation to social welfare refers to:
An agreement among nations that there would be no more World Wars and every effort would be made to prevent another Great Depressions
A kind of “peace” between labor and business, which allowed for the continued expansion of social welfare in the post-war period.
A concerted effort by governments and labor movement to end child and family poverty in Canada
Compromises made by successive minority governments during the post-war period that ultimately had the effect of making social policymaking over this period ineffectual.
Between 1974 and 1979, the town of Dauphin, Manitoba, entered into an experiment called “Mincome.” The Mincome experiment provides evidence that:
Basic income programs can be an effective strategy to address poverty
Basic income programs do not work at all
Basic income programs result in major social problems for the individuals involved and their community
Basic income programs have little or no effect
As social assistance rates decline and eligibility requirements for EI tighten, food bank usage by Canadians will likely:
Increase
Decrease slightly
Decrease by a large amount
Remain the about same
Section [B]: 10 True or False Questions (10 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions: Clearly circle only ONE correct answer for each question. If more than one answer is circled that question will be marked as incorrect. 
Clearly indicate your answer. Each question is worth 1 mark each.
Government cutbacks and cost-saving measures in recent years have improved the ability of the welfare state to advance the well-being of Canadians.
TRUE or FALSE
In every jurisdiction, eligibility for social assistance is determined on the basis of a needs test, which takes into account a household’s financial assets and income.
TRUE or FALSE
All women in Canada gained the rights to vote, to run for office, and to be appointed to the Senate during World War I.
TRUE or FALSE
The Great Depression was so financially devastating that people began to see that poverty and unemployment were not the results of individual inadequacy or laziness, but common and insurable threats to everyone’s livelihood.
TRUE or FALSE
The Beveridge Report (Britain) and the Marsh Report (Canada), both released in 1943, established the baseline for the rapid expansion of universal social welfare.
TRUE or FALSE
The EI program has been improving because the Government of Canada contributes all funding to the program with no costs to employers and workers.
TRUE or FALSE
Both men and women who identify as Black have lower labour force participation rates than their non-racialized counterparts.
TRUE or FALSE
Workers’ compensation is an insurance program designed to replace the tort system (the courts) in determining compensation for a work-related injury or illness.
TRUE or FALSE
Low-wage, immigrant, racialized, and migrant workers have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic. Many work in temporary, part-time, contract, or precarious jobs, and often in more than one workplace.
TRUE or FALSE
The Market Basket Measure (MBM) calculates the amount of income needed by a household to meet its daily needs — a family or person is considered to be living in poverty if they cannot afford a basic basket of goods and services, adjusted for 50 different communities across Canada to account for cost-of-living differences.
TRUE or FALSE
Section [C]: Short Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space provided below to respond to each question.
Here is an excerpt about the Child Care Fee Subsidy.
Question 1a (3 Marks)
How does a child care fee subsidy fulfill the key functions of the welfare state?
Question 1b (1 Mark)
Is it a universal or selective program? Why?
Question 1c (2 Marks)
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a universal and selective program?
Question 2 (1 Marks)
Ontario Works is representative of what type of approach to social welfare and why?
Question 3 (3 Marks)
Which political party is this platform representative of?
_______ would increase the $15 federal minimum wage to $20 and immediately deliver a new disability benefit. They have said they would make the “creation of a guaranteed livable basic income” a priority in order to strengthen Canada’s social safety net.
_______ say they will double the disability supplement in the Canada Workers Benefit from $713 to $1,500, and make it easier to qualify for the Disability Tax Credit and Registered Disability Savings Plan.
_______ increased the federal minimum wage to $15 and say they would enhance the Canada Workers Benefit to support about one million more Canadians in low-wage jobs.
Question 4 (3 marks)
How would you describe the welfare state in Canada in the 2020s?
Please use this:
Toronto Vital Signs Report
Question 5a (1 marks)
P. 37: Define a Quintile Distribution. What was the trend over the past year?
Question 5b (2 marks)
P. 39-40: Define the term “poverty gap”. What is the poverty gap of those using OW or ODSP?
How did CERB highlight the deficiencies of OW and ODSP?
Question 5c (2 marks)
P. 45: Define “Unemployment rate”. How did the unemployment change over the year?
If we took an intersectional approach to understanding unemployment, what else would we pay attention to?
Question 5d (2 marks)
P. 56: Describe the labour market experiences of Canadian youth today and explain possible reasons and resolutions.
Section [D]: Long Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space below to respond to each question.
Read:
Ontario’s 10-cent increase in minimum wage called ‘insult’ to workers | CBC News
Question 1 (4 Marks)
How is this an example of the working poor? What are some of the other inequalities experienced by the working poor?
Read:
A bartender’s perspective: COVID-19 and precarious workers | Ricochet
Question 2 (4 marks)
How is this representative of precarious work? How are the different dimensions of precarious work applied here?
Read:
Dignity for All (p. 3-5)
Question 3 (6 Marks)
Opportunity for All is a policy introduced by the Government of Canada in 2018. Explain its approach to the problem of poverty.
The primary difference between social services and income security is:
income security provides non-monetary benefits such as addictions treatment and child welfare.
income security provides monetary assistance to those with no other source of income.
income security is seen as a way to appease the labour community, as an alternative to strikes and social unrest.
income security provides monetary benefits.
When reviewing a policy, it is important to consider whether it incorporates core social welfare values, including which of the following?
The inclusion lens
The equity lens
The social justice lens
All the above
According to researchers compiling the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, over 20 year the GDP increased almost 40%, while:
The CIW increased 60%
The CIW increased 30%
The CIW increased 20%
The CIW increased less than 10%
Canadian social welfare programs up to World War II could best be characterized as being essentially:
Residual in nature
Institutional in nature
Social investment in nature
Essentially non-existent
The term ‘deserving poor’ refers to:
children under the age of 19
people not physically able to work
families who had moved from the rural farms into urban cities
men who can work but cannot find employment
The period of time in North American income security history that was the most egalitarian and had strong mechanisms for sharing wealth and collective responsibility for the weakest was:
Prior to European arrival
The colonial period
The industrialization period
The welfare state period
Since the late 1900s, the level of corporate taxation in Canada has:
Increased
Decreased
Remained approximately the same
Gone up and down, more or less in random fashion
The “post-war consensus” in relation to social welfare refers to:
An agreement among nations that there would be no more World Wars and every effort would be made to prevent another Great Depressions
A kind of “peace” between labor and business, which allowed for the continued expansion of social welfare in the post-war period.
A concerted effort by governments and labor movement to end child and family poverty in Canada
Compromises made by successive minority governments during the post-war period that ultimately had the effect of making social policymaking over this period ineffectual.
Between 1974 and 1979, the town of Dauphin, Manitoba, entered into an experiment called “Mincome.” The Mincome experiment provides evidence that:
Basic income programs can be an effective strategy to address poverty
Basic income programs do not work at all
Basic income programs result in major social problems for the individuals involved and their community
Basic income programs have little or no effect
As social assistance rates decline and eligibility requirements for EI tighten, food bank usage by Canadians will likely:
Increase
Decrease slightly
Decrease by a large amount
Remain the about same
Section [B]: 10 True or False Questions (10 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions: Clearly circle only ONE correct answer for each question. If more than one answer is circled that question will be marked as incorrect. 
Clearly indicate your answer. Each question is worth 1 mark each.
Government cutbacks and cost-saving measures in recent years have improved the ability of the welfare state to advance the well-being of Canadians.
TRUE or FALSE
In every jurisdiction, eligibility for social assistance is determined on the basis of a needs test, which takes into account a household’s financial assets and income.
TRUE or FALSE
All women in Canada gained the rights to vote, to run for office, and to be appointed to the Senate during World War I.
TRUE or FALSE
The Great Depression was so financially devastating that people began to see that poverty and unemployment were not the results of individual inadequacy or laziness, but common and insurable threats to everyone’s livelihood.
TRUE or FALSE
The Beveridge Report (Britain) and the Marsh Report (Canada), both released in 1943, established the baseline for the rapid expansion of universal social welfare.
TRUE or FALSE
The EI program has been improving because the Government of Canada contributes all funding to the program with no costs to employers and workers.
TRUE or FALSE
Both men and women who identify as Black have lower labour force participation rates than their non-racialized counterparts.
TRUE or FALSE
Workers’ compensation is an insurance program designed to replace the tort system (the courts) in determining compensation for a work-related injury or illness.
TRUE or FALSE
Low-wage, immigrant, racialized, and migrant workers have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic. Many work in temporary, part-time, contract, or precarious jobs, and often in more than one workplace.
TRUE or FALSE
The Market Basket Measure (MBM) calculates the amount of income needed by a household to meet its daily needs — a family or person is considered to be living in poverty if they cannot afford a basic basket of goods and services, adjusted for 50 different communities across Canada to account for cost-of-living differences.
TRUE or FALSE
Section [C]: Short Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space provided below to respond to each question.
Here is an excerpt about the Child Care Fee Subsidy.
Question 1a (3 Marks)
How does a child care fee subsidy fulfill the key functions of the welfare state?
Question 1b (1 Mark)
Is it a universal or selective program? Why?
Question 1c (2 Marks)
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of a universal and selective program?
Question 2 (1 Marks)
Ontario Works is representative of what type of approach to social welfare and why?
Question 3 (3 Marks)
Which political party is this platform representative of?
_______ would increase the $15 federal minimum wage to $20 and immediately deliver a new disability benefit. They have said they would make the “creation of a guaranteed livable basic income” a priority in order to strengthen Canada’s social safety net.
_______ say they will double the disability supplement in the Canada Workers Benefit from $713 to $1,500, and make it easier to qualify for the Disability Tax Credit and Registered Disability Savings Plan.
_______ increased the federal minimum wage to $15 and say they would enhance the Canada Workers Benefit to support about one million more Canadians in low-wage jobs.
Question 4 (3 marks)
How would you describe the welfare state in Canada in the 2020s?
Please use this:
Toronto Vital Signs Report
Question 5a (1 marks)
P. 37: Define a Quintile Distribution. What was the trend over the past year?
Question 5b (2 marks)
P. 39-40: Define the term “poverty gap”. What is the poverty gap of those using OW or ODSP?
How did CERB highlight the deficiencies of OW and ODSP?
Question 5c (2 marks)
P. 45: Define “Unemployment rate”. How did the unemployment change over the year?
If we took an intersectional approach to understanding unemployment, what else would we pay attention to?
Question 5d (2 marks)
P. 56: Describe the labour market experiences of Canadian youth today and explain possible reasons and resolutions.
Section [D]: Long Answer Questions (20 MARKS FOR THIS SECTION)
Instructions:
Type your answers in the space below to respond to each question.
Read:
Ontario’s 10-cent increase in minimum wage called ‘insult’ to workers | CBC News
Question 1 (4 Marks)
How is this an example of the working poor? What are some of the other inequalities experienced by the working poor?
Read:
A bartender’s perspective: COVID-19 and precarious workers | Ricochet
Question 2 (4 marks)
How is this representative of precarious work? How are the different dimensions of precarious work applied here?
Read:
Dignity for All (p. 3-5)
Question 3 (6 Marks)
Opportunity for All is a policy introduced by the Government of Canada in 2018. Explain its approach to the problem of poverty.