Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
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IMPLEMENTING AND<br />
MEASURING CHANGE<br />
MANAGING THE CHANGE PROCESS<br />
Recommendation 19: <strong>Income</strong> security re<strong>for</strong>m must be accompanied by<br />
a robust change management and implementation plan.<br />
• The recommendations in this <strong>Roadmap</strong> all have one shared objective: to<br />
improve people’s lives and their ability to contribute to their communities<br />
However, even positive change can cause stress and anxiety People<br />
can fear the unknown, mistrust the intention of change, and sometimes<br />
misunderstand what the change will mean <strong>for</strong> them, while government may<br />
not have a full comprehension of the impact change has on people and the<br />
risk of unintended consequences For this reason, it is critical that these<br />
urgent re<strong>for</strong>ms be accompanied by a change management plan that includes<br />
clear and transparent communication, support <strong>for</strong> skills development and<br />
technical training, business process changes and development of new or<br />
revised tools, and appropriate feedback loops across programs and partners<br />
<strong>Change</strong> should allow <strong>for</strong> the evaluation and assessment of additional supports<br />
people may need For instance, we know there needs to be improvement in<br />
the tax filing rates, in particular by young single males. Today, the impact on<br />
this group of not filing taxes is limited, as they are eligible <strong>for</strong> few tax-delivered<br />
benefits. However, as a shift is made to contemplate using the tax system<br />
to deliver more and more benefits (e.g., the Portable Housing Benefit) it will<br />
become increasingly vital that people are connected to this system and that<br />
viable alternatives are available <strong>for</strong> those who are not, either by choice or by<br />
circumstance (eg, newcomers to Canada who have not been in the country <strong>for</strong> a<br />
full tax cycle)<br />
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