Political panel talks Clare's Law, Arsenault situation, social programs for seniors
The political panel is back to talk about the past week in the P.E.I. Legislature. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin is joined by Sally Pitt and Paul MacNeill, who discuss a bill to better protect victims of intimate partner violence, the latest in the Gilles Arsenault controversy, and a policy that saw seniors in the province providing bank statements when...
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7159915?cmp=rss

Welfare's Shifting Tides: From Population Control to Racial Bias

New US study shows beliefs about Black recipients decrease welfare support. See how race impacts social programs and who benefits.

#WelfareDebate, #RacialBias, #USPolitics, #SocialPrograms, #PublicOpinion

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How Beliefs About Race Affect Support for Welfare Programs in the US

New US study shows beliefs about Black recipients decrease welfare support. See how race impacts social programs and who benefits.

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Beliefs about Black people receiving welfare in the US can lower support for these programs by up to 8% for every 1% increase in perceived recipients.

#WelfareDebate, #RacialBias, #USPolitics, #SocialPrograms, #PublicOpinion
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How Beliefs About Race Affect Support for Welfare Programs in the US

New US study shows beliefs about Black recipients decrease welfare support. See how race impacts social programs and who benefits.

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Advocates push back on Danielle Smith's comment that people are moving to Alberta for social programs
The premier said her government wants to ensure programs like Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, or AISH, aren't "overly generous," and that she's heard people have moved to Alberta just to take advantage of its social programs. Some disability advocates want the data that backs this up.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-aish-relocation-9.7118325?cmp=rss
Advocates push back on Danielle Smith's comment that people are moving to Alberta for social programs
The premier said her government wants to ensure programs like Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, or AISH, aren't "overly generous," and that she's heard people have moved to Alberta just to take advantage of its social programs. Some disability advocates want the data that backs this up.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-aish-relocation-9.7118325?cmp=rss
absolutely agree, @todmaffin ! #UCP #DanielleSmith are using all kinds of smoke screens to Rob #Alberta #Healthcare, #Education, #PostSecondaryEducation, #SocialPrograms so they can give all of our wealth to #Corporations, mostly foreign corporations!
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Danielle Smith’s greatest trick? Convincing Albertans that sovereignty drama matters more than ER

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The Left’s Shameful Hypocrisy in the Government Shutdown: Anti-Worker Politics Disguised as Progressivism

The current government shutdown has exposed something deeply disturbing about the state of so-called progressivism in America. As the federal government teeters on the brink of chaos, there are voices, voices that claim to be on the left, calling for the shutdown to continue. They present it as some kind of moral or political strategy, a way to "punish" the administration or make a political statement. But what they fail—or refuse—to acknowledge is the human cost of this so-called […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/10/the-lefts-shameful-hypocrisy-in-the-government-shutdown-anti-worker-politics-disguised-as-progressivism/