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- 1. Poverty, Policy, Possibilities and the Pandemic CHRISTINE SAULNIER, PHD DIRECTOR, CANADIAN CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES-NS TWITTER: @CCPANS @CSAULNIERHFX October 13, 2020 Nova Scotia Action Coalition for Community Well-being Webinar Series
- 2. Case of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia 2 https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/data/
- 3. Who is most vulnerable to living in poverty in Nova Scotia? 3 African Nova Scotians Everybody on income assistance Indigenous Peoples
- 4. Statistics Canada, Census 2016 Poverty Rates, Comparison NS (2015) 35.6% 35.7% 20.6% 32.1% 39.1% 23.1% 17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 17.2% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% 45.0% Persons living alone (age 18 to 64) Lone Parents Aboriginal Identity( off reserve) Visible Minority - Black Recent Immigrants - 2011 to 2016 Persons with disabilities* Prevalence of low-income (LIM-AT) 4 The Low income data is from the Census 2016 except *Persons with disabilities is from Low income among persons with a disability in Canada not Nova Scotia, retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-006-x/2017001/article/54854-eng.htm
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- 6. Holes in the safety net 6 Housing insecurity Income insecurity Job insecurity Poverty Food Insecurity Lack of access to— child care, pharmacare, mental health care, dental care
- 7. Poverty is policy created. Inadequacy of Income Support 7 Welfare Incomes in Canada 2018 https://maytree.com/welfare-in-canada/canada/
- 8. 8 Data from Point in Time Count in April 2018 https://www.homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/attachmen ts/PiT%2017Jan2019.pdf
- 9. Policy must address Intersecting Vulnerabilities persons with disability: Having a disability increases the risk of being in low income. Low-income rates vary by disability type. Low-income rates vary considerably by family composition. Low-income rates vary by gender Vary depending on employment status. Reference: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-006- x/2017001/article/54854-eng.htm 9
- 10. “ ” Native Women’s Association of Canada, 2017 https://www.nwac.ca/nwac- poverty-reduction-final-report/ 10
- 11. Health Messages: Individual/Lifestyle Focused • Think positive and focus on gratitude. • Eat your vegetables • Exercise daily • Get a good night's sleep • Maintain a healthy weight • Don’t smoke • Drink alcohol in moderation • Manage stress 11
- 12. How to stay healthy: the reality check 1.Don't live in poverty. If you are, stop. If you can't, try not to live in poverty for long. 2. Don't have parents who live in poverty. 3.Don't work in a stressful, low-paid job. 4.Don't live in damp, low-quality housing. 5.Don’t be someone who is racialized or who has a history of colonization. 6. Practice not losing your job and don't become unemployed. 7. Take up all benefits you are entitled to, if you are unemployed, retired or sick or disabled. 8. Don't live next to a busy major road or near a polluting factory. 9. Learn how to fill in the complex assistance application forms before you become homeless and destitute. Adapted list: Raphael and Rieder, Community Action for Heart Health 12
- 13. “the degree of control people have over life circumstances, especially stressful situations, and their ability to act are the key influences” of our health status. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/determinants/determinants-eng.php#unhealthy
- 14. HOW TO FIX THOSE HOLES 14 Social Policy Framework for NS: workbook https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/fact s-infographics/social-policy-framework-nova- scotia Creating the future we all deserve: A social policy framework for Nova Scotia https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/rep orts/the-future-we-deserve Are you with us? COVID-19 confirms the need to transform Nova Scotia’s social safety net https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/re ports/are-you-us
- 15. Must address widening inequality 15 Concentration of power, erosion of democracy Narrowed the space for non-business advocacy Fiscalization of social policy (budgets, deficits, tax) Lower trust in government and each other Governed not by the many, for the many Narrowing of our responsibility to each other Taxes are seen as a burden Only need more $, to make ‘choices’ in the ‘free market’ Blame people for societal problems
- 16. 16 R. Hofrichter, Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice, 2010 Get at the root causes & use intersectional lens
- 17. there are alternatives…. All of our publications and more information https://www.policyalternatives.ca/offices/nova- scotia Blogs: www.behindthenumbers.ca Twitter: @ccpans @CSaulnierHfx www.facebook.com/ccpans Christine@policyalternatives.ca 17
Editor's Notes
- is calculated using the after-tax Low Income Measure (LIM-AT). Individuals are defined as having low income if their adjusted after-tax income falls below 50% of the median adjusted after-tax income. Adjusted after-tax income is derived by dividing household income by the square root of the household size and assigning this value to all persons in the household.
- Shows the relationship between low income and characteristics of people aged 25 to 64 with a disability, including disability type, severity class, age of onset of disability, family composition, and other risk factors including that more women than men have disabilities. It also provides information on the relationship between employment and low income Among persons with a disability, the largest risk factor was family composition: low‑income rate was over 50% for lone parents and persons living alone, compared with 8% for persons with a disability who lived with a spouse who did not have a disability. Larger than type or severity: the rate was 17% for those with a physical–sensory disability, 27% for those with a mental–cognitive disability, and 35% for those with a combination of both.