Food Stamps Discriminate

A territorial tribunal has awarded $5,000 in damages to individuals forced to take food vouchers instead of welfare cheques. The ruling comes as federal regulators consider reforms to a $98.7 million-a year Arctic grocers’ subsidy: “The policy was based on generalization and stereotypes rather than facts.”

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