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Originally Posted by Makarov
Unless of course handing out $300 cheques to every resident, regardless of need, is a strategy to address this?
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Haha Communist.
I do think that the quality of life is quite good in Alberta for 90% of citizens, to say otherwise is ignoring how great our province truly is. I think that big strides were made in raising the AISH payments to $1,588 per month which will help a lot of the people who are in the bottom rungs of society. It is difficult to actually institute programs to help the destitute though, homelessness and mental health initiatives are costly issues which the voting public doesn't want to acknowledge let alone contribute finances to and then there is the systemic racism which is still pretty common within society, particularly with regards to Aboriginals.
That being said the 10 year plan to end homelessness is seeing some positive effects and the numbers are decreasing, which actually does save money if you look at the stats. There does need to be less focus on shelters and more on harm prevention and affordable housing so that people can get actual treatment though. I really do wish that politicians trotted out an economist with their campaign promises and said this is what we will spend and this is what we anticipate the savings to be. It wouldn't be as sexy as buzzwords are but for those who are actually interested in the issues and want to see Alberta experience long term growth it would be a welcome change.