Controversy surrounds Quebec welfare system change

The upcoming changes to Quebec’s welfare system are being met with some controversy.

The Parti Quebecois’Labour Minister Agnes Maltaishas been under fire for revealing the planned cuts to the reform.

The cuts will affect families with young children, people over 55 and people accessing drug and alcohol treatment reports CBC News.

The changes are being critiqued by opposition parties and the Montreal-based social rights group Project Genesis.

Project Genesis worker Margaret van Nooten denounces the PQ’s lack of consultation with anti-poverty groups.

She calls the changes a slap in the face of the most vulnerable.

The reform will be implemented in September and will only affect new applicants.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: CHLOE DENEUMOUSTIER