Any Period Without a Job, Especially Long-Term Unemployment, Is Devastating

question 2

Multiple Choice

Any period without a job, especially long-term unemployment, is devastating to working class families, often destroying their lifestyle completely and sometimes creating _________ .

• A) poverty
• B) long term health problems
• C) increased emotional ties to extended family
• D) encouragement to begin small businesses
• E) opportunities for poor people to move up in socio-economic status

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Definitions:

Bill C-31

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Indian Act

Canadian federal legislation, first passed in 1876, and subsequently amended, which details certain federal government obligations and regulates the management of reserve lands, money, and other resources. It was initiated to compel Indian assimilation into Canadian society.

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