Inside the $31.5M social assistance algorithm failing Quebec’s most vulnerable

Inside the $31.5M social assistance algorithm failing Quebec’s most vulnerable

At a Dollarama in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, Martine Decoste weighs the cost of spaghetti against a luxury she cannot afford: a pack of cookies. For Decoste, who is deaf and unable to work due to chronic health constraints, survival is

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