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Title   A New Poverty Line: Yes, No or Maybe?
Date   Winter 1998-99
No.   Report No. 105

A discussion paper about different ways of measuring poverty in Canada. The paper compares the low income cut-offs of Statistics Canada with other poverty lines that are based on the cost of a "market basket" of goods and services.

Press Release: National Council of Welfare Asks Readers: Do We Need a New Measure of Poverty?

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