Up Against the System
People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk about the problems of being "up against the system."
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People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk about the problems of being "up against the system."
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directorTerence Macartney-Filgate
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photographyTerence Macartney-Filgate
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producerGeorge C. Stoney
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soundRuss Heise
Warnings: Scenes of smoking
Comment on how the welfare system is represented as being a system that keeps people poor instead of functioning as a transition between poverty and economic sustainability. Define what a “universal basic income” is and what the pros and cons would be of implementing this as a social policy. During the pandemic of 2020, the Canadian federal government introduced Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB); what were the requirements for eligibility?
