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welfare

Canada's welfare state flourished after the Second World War and could again from the pandemic.
The last time the party exaggerated claims of widespread social assistance fraud, it do so in order to justify deep cuts.
We need to dismantle welfare and replace it with a better and more dignified form of income support.