a8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 19, 1997 THE WORKING POOR may be better off, but the poorest! — those on social as- sistance. — are doing worsc under the B.C, government’s new child benefit lopislation, says poverty activist Gerry King. King heads up the Terrace Anti- Poverty Group Society office and he says he’s seen about a dozen local women forced isto relationships with men for economic reasons as a result of changes the government has made. The government replaced the welfare- based child bencfits with benefits for all low and modest income families in July last year. Under the new program the maximum benefit per child is $103 a month. Familics who nel under $18,000 a year are cligible for the maximum, The bonus .diminishes lo zero for families who have three children and who have an income of $42,000, ° , King praiscd the act for giving money to the working poor. “It's definitely belping people who were too proud to ask for belp,’’ he says. But he sharply criticized the act for tak- ing from the poorest to give to the poor. Essentially, he said the NDP had taken a litte from this program and a litde from that in order to get the money for its new child benefit program. ; For example, a single person on wel- fare used to be able to make $100 extra a -month plus 25 per cent of whatever cise : he or she made in odd jobs after that. This was supposed to provide people on welfare an incentive to find work. - Now, says King, that same percon doesn’t get to keep the $100 exemption. And they can only keep 25 per cent of what they eam 12 months out of every 36 they are on welfare. “Now that these people have experi- enced a feeling of independence, and been able to save a litle money it’s being taken away from them,’’ says . King. ‘Losing that $100 a month is : going to burt. It’s cruel." The child benefits program also talks about increases in dental benefits for children, That’s true, says King, but the money comes from decreases in dental allowances for adults. lew benefit program has faults Money available for crisis grants — emergency loans to pay rent elc, — has been cut by 75 per cent he, says. Despite what King says, the govern- ment claims child poverty has been reduced and welfare caseloads are down significantly. “It’s easy to manipulate stats,”’ says King, brushing aside the government’s claims. ‘“What about women ending up in conjugal relationships so their chil- dren can be looked after? Or women staying in abusive relationships?” TO RENO correctly and send to The Terrace Standard | 3210 Clinton Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 5R2 638-7283 { | Name 1. Find the $ hidden faces throughout the pages of this issue of the | ApoREss_ PHONE_ | (MUST BE 19 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER) 4/97. A TRIP FOR TWO Al Terrace Standard. | 2. 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