Comment 34559

By grassroots are the way forward (registered) | Posted October 07, 2009 at 14:14:50

arienc: Thanks for the link. Yes the poverty rates did dip down, mostly due to the fact the many seniors who did not know they could access income supplement. They was a concerted effort by many in the community to ensure seniors got what they were entitled to.

But based on historical data and the current economic conditions, the poverty rate could rise back up to 21 to 24 percent, of course this is just an estimate.

It should be noted too, that many other communities tend to ship their people to Hamilton, The term I found to describe this is suburban colonization, where the suburbs sends their problems around drugs, prostitution and homelessness to urban areas.

Th poverty rates include everyone that falls below LICO, just not everyone who accessess social assistance. So as of April this year, the number of OW cases was still below 12,000.

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