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12/20/2002 Archived Entry: "Welfare is not a right, judges say"

FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS FROM CANADA'S SUPREME COURT: Canadians do not have a constitutional right to guaranteed state welfare support, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

By a 5-4 decision, the judges rejected the argument of welfare-rights activists who argued the constitutional protection for "security of the person" under the Charter of Rights included a guaranteed standard of living.

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5-4?

Posted by oj @ 12/20/2002 03:04 PM EST