*1 out of 7 Canadian Women are living poverty –these women are most likely to be women of colour, immigrant and refugee women/women without status, Aboriginal women, young moms, senior women, women with disabilities, and trans people. (older figure, this number may be higher now!)

*Poverty limits women’s independence and can make it difficult for them to leave an abusive partner, upon whom they may be economically dependent

*The Welfare system operates on a model of monitoring your ever...
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