[homeles_ot-l] The Economic Impact of Social Assistance in Hamilton FW: We invest in roads; why not people?

Wed Jul 6 16:50:36 EDT 2011

Hello everyone . . . here’s a very useful economic analysis with both provincial and Hamilton data, made available through the Homeless Hub as people prepare for the Ottawa consultation for Social Assistance Review on July 27th. Has anyone seen info like this for Ottawa?

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 

613-241-7913 ext. 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca <mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 

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Sent: July-06-11 2:41 PM
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Subject: We invest in roads; why not people?

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WE INVEST IN ROADS; WHY NOT PEOPLE?
Social-service spending is an investment with demonstrable returns
by Econometric Research Limited
There is a general presumption that Social Assistance in Ontario or elsewhere, whether through Ontario Works (OW) or ODSP benefits, is a general burden on the tax payers in the province with no or little benefits for the people of Ontario beyond the small cohort receiving it. The results of the economic impact analysis we undertook show that this is not true. Rather, the expenditures the beneficiaries make (incidentally it is typically the case that the recipients of these benefits spend all what they receive) in the local economy tend to generate significant impacts in both the local and provincial economies. 
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