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A homeless person lies in a tent pitched in downtown Toronto in April 2020. New research suggests we need to focus less on new technologies to streamline social services and more on the people entwined in these systems. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Technology is far from a silver bullet for solving homelessness or child welfare issues

While technology can be a useful tool, it can also divert funding and attention from the root causes of the social welfare issues it aims to address.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson with his 2021 Budget, which signalled an unemployment insurance scheme was coming. GettyImages

NZ’s unemployment insurance scheme will be the biggest welfare shakeup in generations – is it justified?

With little public consultation and serious questions about how it might work, the proposed scheme is a policy gamble of unknown proportions.

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