Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
Lisa Marie Borrelli, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO) e Stefanie Kurt, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
The Covid-19 pandemic raises the question of the precariousness of foreigners dependent on social assistance in Switzerland - a precariousness that is still growing.
Catastrophic increases in opioid overdose deaths across Canada require a broad response – tackling housing, food and income insecurity as well as the contaminated drug supply.