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Originally Posted by Eric

When the question of working for welfare came up in Ontario it recieved the cold shoulder it deserves .... most Ontarians told their MLAs that they should spend their efforts to create real jobs, instead of make-work for the recipients of social aid. And, would making welfare recipients work for their meagre payments not take work away from the working poor?

That’s my view too Eric.

The real problem is the minimum wage. Having a minimum wage doesn’t encourage some employers to pay the going rate for the job because they know that as long as they pay the minimum wage the law cannot touch them.