Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
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• Indigenous peoples have significant disparities in education, income and<br />
health compared with other populations 56 In 2016, the Canadian Human<br />
Rights Tribunal concluded that First Nations have been discriminated against<br />
in the provision of Child and Family Services by Aboriginal Affairs and<br />
Northern Development Canada, and ordered that the discriminatory practices<br />
must cease<br />
57 <br />
• The 2006 Census showed that the overall poverty rate in Canada was 11%,<br />
and yet a closer look shows <strong>for</strong> racialized persons it was 22% compared to 9%<br />
<strong>for</strong> non-racialized persons 58 <br />
<br />
Newcomers to Ontario are less likely to access social assistance<br />
or other programs due to perceived stigma. This reduces their<br />
representation in these programs.<br />
• Racialized persons experience disproportionate levels of poverty and barriers<br />
accessing employment 59 For example, more than 60% of all persons living in<br />
poverty in Toronto are racialized and more racialized women live in poverty<br />
than racialized men 60 <br />
56 Canada’s Residential Schools: The Legacy The Final Report of the Truth and<br />
Reconciliation Commission of Canada http://wwwmyrobustcom/websites/<br />
trcinstitution/File/Reports/Volume_5_Legacy_English_Web.pdf<br />
57 Source: 2016 CHRT 2 https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/2016%20<br />
CHRT%20Ruling%20on%20FN%20child%20welfare%20casepdf<br />
58 National Council of Welfare Reports, Poverty Profile: Special Addition, Snapshot of<br />
racialized Poverty in Canada 2012 https://wwwcanadaca/en/employment-socialdevelopment/programs/communities/reports/poverty-profile-snapshot.html<br />
[accessed July 6, 2017]<br />
59 Ontario Human Rights Commission Policy and guidelines on racism and racial<br />
discrimination http://www.ohrc.on.ca/sites/default/files/attachments/Policy_and_<br />
guidelines_on_racism_and_racial_discrimination.pdf<br />
60 Snapshot of racialized poverty in Canada https://wwwcanadaca/en/employmentsocial-development/programs/communities/reports/poverty-profile-snapshot.<br />
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48 <strong>Income</strong> <strong>Security</strong>: A <strong>Roadmap</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Change</strong>