Adequate income support programs (e.g. Employment Insurance, Social Assistance, Guaranteed Income Supplement) are a critical part of the community’s social safety net. They complement and fill the gaps when well-paying employment is currently unavailable or for people unable to work full-time hours (or at all).
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A basic income is a monthly, upfront cash payment delivered unconditionally to all individuals to cover the essential costs of living. We work with Basic Income Alberta and Basic Income Calgary to address the need for systems-level change. Studies have shown that basic income is a viable option to transform our income support system. For more information, check out Alberta and Perceptions of Basic Income.
Poverty isn’t only about income, but it’s always about income on some level. The Enough for All strategy recognizes the critical importance of providing all Calgarians with the opportunity to build economic and financial capacities which enable them to not only meet their basic needs, but to thrive.
The Social Policy Collaborative is a group of community organizations committed to working together to inform the development and implementation of public policy that improves the economic and social wellbeing of Albertans. Check out their latest policy brief A Path to Self Sufficiency: Improving the Effectiveness of Alberta's Income Support Program.
The City of Calgary's Fair Entry Program enables Calgarians to apply for multiple programs and services with one application. The subsidized programs include low-income transit passes, recreation, spay and neuter programs and property tax assistance.
Each lever of change links to one or more of the 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Income Support links to #9, #54 and #55.3.
E4A in Action
Calgary Municipal Ward Poverty Profiles 2021
Highlighting the experiences of poverty in all 14 wards of Calgary.
Report to Community
Evaluating our collective progress towards achieving Enough for All in 2020
News & Events
- Oct 20, 2021
PODCAST: Voices of Lived Experience
Poverty Talks! actively challenges perceptions of poverty
- Oct 17, 2021
Anti-poverty activists alarmed by 'perfect storm' of COVID and soaring inflation
Calgary Herald interviews Meaghon Reid and members of Poverty Talks! Crystal Filler and Sue Gwynn
- Sep 21, 2021
Poverty profiles outline the incidence of poverty in each Ward of Calgary
Vibrant Communities Calgary and the Canadian Poverty Institute partner together to engage municipal candidates in the upcoming municipal election.
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