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Senator Hugh Segal on Fighting Poverty in Canada
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:57:22
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Synopsis
In a lecture entitled "Fighting Poverty", Senator Hugh Segal explains why we need a new national approach to tackling poverty arguing that the costs and consequences of poverty are much larger than direct spending on social programs. Segal has been a long-time proponent of establishing a Guaranteed Annual Income. This lecture was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada.