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Archive: Show #97 "Workfare"

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Ontario's community and social services minister, Janet Ecker, is the special guest to debate the new welfare regulations she announced this week, along with major changes in the province's policy toward the disabled. Steve is also joined by senior Tory advisor Hugh Segal, former Liberal party president Richard Mahoney, a lawyer with Fraser & Beatty, and Ruth Grier, former NDP cabinet minister.

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