Comments on: PSA: Dalhousie Legal Aid wants your feedback on proposed poverty law course

By: Aron

Aron — Fri, 10 May 2019 01:51:30 +0000

Income Assistance and residential tenancies. Income assistance is fairly self-explanatory, and I see a lot of rental applications these days that request information that I am pretty sure they’re not supposed to ask about.

By: Barbara Low

Barbara Low — Thu, 09 May 2019 21:52:44 +0000

The most impoverished and marginalized people in our communities won’t be able to take such a course.

So.

You could talk about the infrastructure that has been built around legislated poverty. Poverty is profitable to some folk. You know, examine how many people ( and who) benefit in the form of employment or C.V. padding, from keeping people in abject poverty.

By: Katherine Reed

Katherine Reed — Thu, 09 May 2019 17:03:16 +0000

I think it would be good to incorporate information about the ways in which gender based violence and poverty work to victimize and trap people, and how the social assistance system exacerbates that. For example, with such low benefit rates and limited affordable housing options, victimized people can get trapped in bad situations because they can’t afford to take back control. This is even more true if they are a member of a minority population (LGBTQ2+, racial minority, etc.). An intersectional feminist analysis is important. Thank you for all you do.