WHITBY -FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13,e 1984, PAGE 21 Welfare recipients living 50pr cent below poverty uine, commis sioner says Those receiving weufare a~sisVtncei Durham Region are living far below the federal governnent's established poverty lime according to a report submitted to Durham Regional Council last week. Accordlng to Social Services, Commissioner Doug Johns, those living on welfare are receivlng 49.1 to 59.8 per cent less than what Statlstics Canada views as. 14ç minimum accepable family income.' A single person, he stated, receives $4,236 in welfare benefits. The poverty standard for an individual bas been calculated at $9,4W3-a« year. A family of four should have*an income of $19,136 -annuaily. They receive $8,316 in welfare assistance. Johns pointed out that Aax br,« clulb .re si The. following are the resuits of last we ek's playaà t the ":Ajax Bridge Club as' reported by DwightOlanid, North and South: Beatrice Phillips. and Henrca Soetens, 165'h; Vera-- and Gene Creelman, 145½;- Ann and Peter Osborne, 143; Marjorie and Bob Ket- ton,, 141; and, Me,-Fer- nley and Phylis elly, 140. East and West:- Chris Chambers and.,Paul Gauthier, 162; - Peter Green and Hilary Kerr, 162; Kazik Szwajkowski and Vic Wood, 147%4; John Cook and Irv GUIDE GOLDENAATE 107 Brock St. S. Whtby 668-8321 This popular Chinese Restaurant le Introduclng thé SZECHUAN CUISINE for ail of you gour- mets who like splcy hot dîshes. The Golden Gate also offers a wlde selection of Canadian -dlsheo from roast beef to veal cutiets and pdrk chope. The Bo-Bo platter and the delilous chloken fîIngers are two dîshes worth trylngll Perfect for lunch or dinneri WE DELI VER. Large Varisty of Cantonoso Dishes a I M the figures are conser- vative. "As can be clearly noted,,those families in recelpt' of general welfare assistance are significantly, even using these conservative poverty line figures, below the established 'low income lies 'I the commissioner said. Whitby Regional Councillor Tom Edwar- ds said that the amount of welfare assistance- is determined by a provin- cially impoeed formula. He added that the benefits are supposed to ensure that everyone's basic 'needs are cared for. Edwards'said that the report shows that those collectmng welfare. are flot ripping off society. "This report shows how incongruous the charges are that these people are ripping off idge Ults Ashraf, 1471h; and Sean Finan and Walter Soetens, 139%4. Novice section resuits: North and South: Pat Hensley and Mamnie Carr, 35%4. East and West: Erika and Gus Jarchow, 31. The results of each week's play will be reported in the following issue of the Witby Free. Press. 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The councillore also maintains that the, provincial government dlctated the benefit level to calm political allegations from some segments of soclety. "The province is catering to a vocal minority of people who get great mileage out of saying that one per cent of those on welfare don't want to work,"1 Edwar- ds said. "They want to show how tough they're being on the rip-off ar- tlsts."1 1He also says that those people who have a steady job find it dif- ficult to understand the problems of the unem- ployed.. "Most of us have good jobs and a steady in- come s0 it is hard for us to understand the problems these people suffer," Edwards said. "The popular assum- ption is that these people are malingerers ... they are using the money to get drunk' and they don't want to work." He admits that these misconceptions are dif- ficult to overcome. 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