July, 1399
FACT SHEED

FACT: In B.C. a Single parent on welfare MUST look for Work
unless they have medical reasons or a child under 6 MONTHS old. r¢
they don't look for Work, they can be cut off welfare,

FACT: An “employable# single n the Yes box:

Of this form ft This is true even if she _
has 7 children, dcare is available, ana if no
jobs @ré availab de enough money to support the

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File iD GA .
iF EMPLOYABLE Print Name

Ara you looking tor work?

FACT: It takes time to be poor. You have to shop at rummage
sales, cook from Scratch, spend extra time wlth vour kids to
compensate for what they can't buy. you have to sew and mend.
exhausting and sometimes Lmpossible to do all cf these things AND
hold down a job that PayS poverty wages.

A single parent with two children would have to earn #11.44
an hour to escape poverty in Vancouver. This does Nor include
Childcare costs,

have a right to
For example, in Alberta a
ad under four months, two
or three or more
Children.

PACT: In Canada statistics show that licensed daycare Spaces exist
for only about 10% of the children of working mothers.

FACT: Daycare subsidies are far too low. People living below the
poverty line have to Pay for thelr childcare.

FACT: Raising Children ts Valuable ana {mportant work.

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END LEGISLATED POVERTY BELIEVES: Parents on welfare should have
Choice regarding employment opts ephAp frome.

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