Feds should let community groups deliver cash benefits to hard-to-reach populations: coalition

The May 31 auditor general report said the government lacks a ‘clear and complete picture’ of marginalized groups that do not receive federal benefits because they do not file tax returns.

Responding to the May 31 auditor general's report, Families Minister Karina Gould says the audit highlighted a challenge that Employment and Social Development Canada 'has been working to overcome for many years.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

June 3, 2022

After a federal audit found the government struggled to get supports to hard-to-reach populations, a coalition of 120 groups working to end poverty says the government should start pilot programs modelled after those used by other countries to reach people who may never fill out a personal income ta...

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