Chomedey’s representative in the Quebec legislature lashed out last week against the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois government’s plan to slash social assistance payments.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Speaker, we’ve witnessed the Employment and Social Solidarity minister berate Ottawa about unemployment insurance, while she’s working against Quebec on the welfare front,\u201d Guy Ouellette admonished Agn\u00e8s Maltais in the provincial parliament, March 14.<\/p>\n
Ouellette’s riding contains some of the most impoverished districts in the city of Laval.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor so long, Chomedey was the poorest riding in the province,\u201d he told The Suburban <\/i>in an interview. \u201cIn the same city, Vimont is the fifth-richest. A lot depends upon who you are and where you are living.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaltais is attacking the most disadvantaged with cuts to social assistance programs,\u201d he said in a statement, the day after his defence of the province’s poor in the National Assembly. \u201cThis decision will affect mainly people 55-58, couples with children under five and addiction services recipients.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois is once again saying one thing and doing another,\u201d he continued. \u201cOn one hand, she is asking the federal government to cancel employment insurance reform, but on the other, she is doing worse by cutting assistance of last resort.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t know whether Maltais is aware of the significant impact that this might have on my region,\u201d Ouellette added.<\/p>\n
He underscored the previous, Liberal government’s welfare measures, including indexation of benefits and training programs to reinsert beneficiaries into productive jobs in the province’s workforce.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe number of social assistance recipients fell from 543,980 in April 2003 to 474,689 in March 2012, a 13 percent decrease,\u201d he recalled. \u201cMoreover, since 2003, 245,000 fewer people are living below the poverty line.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the election campaign, the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois had big promises for people in need and made a commitment to organizations not to reduce social assistance benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, these promises were not kept and, so far, the PQ government has not proposed any new measures to advance the fight against poverty,\u201d he concluded. \u201cOn the contrary, it has slashed the programs!”<\/p>\n
He characterized the welfare cuts as \u201cserious social setback\u201d and called on Maltais to abandon the cuts to the poor. <\/p>\n
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A demonstration was held a week ago Wednesday in front of Quebec Employment Minister Agn\u00e8s Maltais\u2019 downtown office by the Front commun des personnes assist\u00e9s sociales du Qu\u00e9bec,<\/i> protesting planned welfare cuts and calling for an increase in the welfare rate. Organizers say those who will be cut include people who receive a $129 a month supplement for temporary limitations. The protesters say Maltais should instead \u201cdramatically increase welfare benefits\u201d to a rate that \u201creally meets people\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n
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