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[Report] A fine line: Finding the right seniors’ poverty measure in Canada

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The Market Basket Measure (MBM), Canada’s Official Poverty Line, alone does not effectively measure income adequacy for seniors. The report recommends that the federal government either develop an MBM for seniors or adopt one of the measures developed by researchers in Canada.

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    Paloma Griffin & Mohy-Dean Tabbara

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    Jan 24, 2024

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