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economist suntribune provincial politics thursday jan 31 2002 prvii for welfare stand flaherty wants to restrict time recipients can collect cheques by lisa queen staff writer finance minister jim flaherty says restricting the time social assistance recipi ents can collect their welfare cheques to two of every five years will break the cycle of welfare dependency but york region social activists say if the tory lead ership candidate follows through on his cruel plan they are hoping he will fix the frayed social safety net first without putting in place social programs such as affordable daycare low cost housing and benefits for the working poor activists warn mr flaherty runs the risk of increasing crime homeless- ness and family breakdown 7 dont believe people are on welfare because theyre lazy if hes arbitrarily going to cut them off theyre going to fall through the cracks he seems to have bought into the myth people on wel fare are there because theyre too lazy to get a job said rosanne rodgers spokesperson for the york region food network i dont believe people are on welfare because theyre lazy if hes arbitrarily going to cut them off theyre going to fall through the cracks ms rodgers is questioning why the government would make ordinary ontarians personally responsible for cyclical downturns in the- economy she pointed out many welfare recipients struggle with issues such as poor education illiteracy mental illness or language barriers mr flaherty one of five contenders for premier mike harriss job said monday he wants to limit welfare bene fits for abledbodied recipi ents mr flaherty said putting a time limit on welfare eligi bility will give welfare recipi ents an additional incentive to work single parents of pre- schoolers and- the disabled would be exempt from the restrictions l vaughan regional councillor michael dibiase who is supporting mr jim flaherty finance minister says he wants to limit welfare benefits for ablebodied people flahertys leadership bid agreed with the proposal to limit welfare benefits i dont see anything wrong with giving an incen tive to people who are fit they have to be fit and abledbodied to face the restriction he said if yourre an ablebodied person if youre fit if you cant get a job in your field after two years its time to look for something else there has to be jobs avail able but jane nielsen a family services worker with the salvation army is worried mr flaherty is trying to americanize canadas social programs when i start paying my taxes in the us i will think about being an american i dont know why the govern ment is so out to get people who they perceive to be the lesser of society- she questioned why the finance minister isnt more concerned with improving the economy than with issues concerning the disad vantaged ms nielsen who fears mr flaherty will find broad pub lic support for his idea believespeople will be forced to turn to crime to pay for their basic needs the government consid ers these people a drain on society were not taking indi vidual needs into considera tion i think its a dangerous thing to do she said people who are other wise lawabiding people may have to turn to crime she argued anyone who may have been sponging off the government in the past was weeded off the welfare rolls after the tories cut ben efits by 22 per cent in 1995 i dont think people enjoy being on welfare ms rodgers agreed people on chronic wel fare maybe what they need from him are more opportu nities to improve their train ing or whatever they need to get a job asparagus jsiavts nor1tfiernhen orf npoints- southwards this- is frommexicor 2 you uneed thcpeasoup recipe in this- weeks tip availableinstore although ltsgreat in pea soupjitslequygoodj 2 simmerea with sauerlarautor boiled ana a start further i hot only do we trim the bbttoniand display it in water we- rstoreitin bur coolers standing in watery j the best care in handling translates intothe best eating enjoyment- our oldfashioned 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