Income

Examines income instability of lone parents, singles and two-parent families in Canada in the past two decades using tax data. Discusses whether there has been a widespread increase in earnings instability among lone parents (especially lone mothers.

Presents a web site that contains tools, resources and information about HIV and income in Canada.

Studies the barriers and strategies associated with connecting low-income women with breast cancer to financial resources.

Shows how the law fails to take into consideration the many different circumstances under which women mother and the work they do. Argues that law and social policy can serve mothers better by reflecting these realities and guaranteeing their right to social and economic security.

Presents information for sex trade workers on managing money, filing income tax, government programs, and private insurance.

Estimates welfare incomes for 4 types of households: single employable person; single person with disability; lone parent with a two-year-old child; and, two-parent family with 2 children aged 10 and 15.

Provides a synthesis of research conducted that highlighted the important dimensions of health care accessibility from the point of view of marginalized groups in the Atlantic region.

Outlines the role that income and its distribution play in the incidence of cardiovascular disease.

Reflects the feedback, and suggestions, from the 244 participants who attended eleven community consultation meetings on the issues raised, and suggestions for change presented, in the research document entitled Employment Solutions. The document was a short summary of the eight recommendations to come out of research into how the provincial Income Assistance Program enables people with disabilities to train for, and find work. The present report incorporates additional recommendations of the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities' Income Security Committee and the MLPD's Provincial Council on the changes required to improve the provincial Income Assistance Program to better support Manitobans with disabilities to prepare for, and find, meaningful employment opportunities.

Analyzes the economic impact of current health, income security and labour policies. Also provides a framework that can be used to evaluate the impact of policies on the economic costs to informal caregivers of frail seniors.