Research Proposal: Poverty Impact in Canada and State Strategies

This research proposal investigates the severity of poverty in Canada, examining its impact on various segments of the population, including low-income families and workers earning below minimum wage. The study aims to understand the extent of poverty, the challenges faced by affected individuals, particularly concerning child-rearing problems, and the effectiveness of state initiatives designed to combat poverty. The research employs a descriptive research design, utilizing a case study approach to analyze poverty cases and the 2018 Poverty Reduction Strategy. It poses specific research questions and hypotheses to guide the investigation, focusing on the general poverty index, the effects of poverty on Canadians, child-rearing problems, and the effectiveness of state interventions. The findings are expected to highlight the impact of poverty on children from low-income families and low-wage workers, while also assessing the success of the state's poverty reduction strategies. The proposal includes a literature review and references relevant to the study's scope.

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Introduction
Overview:
Over the last decade the percentage representing Canadian people struggling with poverty
has been increased at slow pace (Allahdini, 2014). A significant portion of people in Canada are
not able to earn minimum wage for living (Loignon, et al., 2015). In fact, 746,000 Canadians
who are primary income earners income earners, are considered as “working poor (Jackman &
Porter, 2014). This study will focus on the severity of poverty in Canada. Along with this, this
study will also find out the actual data associated with the impact of poverty of a specific low-
income group in Canada and the fruitfulness of the initiatives taken by the State regarding this
issue.
Problem statement:
Hence, the research problem which will be addressed in this study is concerned about the
effectiveness of initiatives taken by the State to combat acute poverty which is affective people
of Canada substantially. This also involves child rearing problems faced by families earning
below the minimum wage level (Blumenthal & Rothwell, 2018), workers lacking monetary and
other working benefits. Finally the research problem will focus on the effectiveness of several
initiative of the State in this regard, which will involve statistical estimation measuring the
effectiveness of the Staes’s poverty reduction strategies.

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Research aim:
 Measuring the impacts of poverty on the people of Canada along with the effectiveness of
Staes’s poverty reduction strategy.
Research objectives:
 To understand the severity of poverty, in Canada.
 To understand how the people of Canada are affected by poverty.
 To understand the child-rearing problems faced by the low-income families in Canada
 To estimate and understand the strategy of the State to eliminate child-rearing problems
faced by the low-income families in Canada
 To understand the poor condition of the workers earning below the minimum wage level
stipulated by the State at small firms.
 To estimate and understand the strategy of the State to provide financial assistance to the
workers earning below the minimum wage level stipulated by the State at small firms.
Research questions:
 What is the general poverty index of Canada?
 How are the people of Canada affected by poverty?
 How severe is the child-rearing problems faced by the low-income families in Canada?
 How effective is the strategy of the State to eliminate child-rearing problems faced by the
low-income families in Canada?

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 What is the condition of the workers earning below the minimum wage level stipulated
by the State at small firms?
 How effective is the strategy of the State to provide financial assistance to the workers
earning below the minimum wage level stipulated by the State at small firms?
Research hypothesis:
 H1: Poverty has no impact on the people of Canada.
 H2: Poverty has severe impacts on the people of Canada.
 H3: Strategy of the State is not effective to combat poverty.
 H4: Strategy of the State is effective to combat poverty.
Research rationale:
The rationality as well as the significance of the research lies to its contribution in demonstrating
the real picture of poverty in the country of Canada and meeting the relevant research gap. Here the
research gap which will be focused, is the effectiveness of the 2018 poverty reduction strategy-
“Opportunity for All: Canada's First Poverty Reduction Strategy”.
Proposed methodology:
Descriptive research design will be adopted. More specifically, the several cases of
poverty and the study of the 2018 Poverty Reduction Strategy will be analyzed with the help of
case study approach. The review of the relevant literature focusing on poverty, Canadian people
and State’s initiative will be conducted.

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Findings:
Finally, the research will throw lights on the severe impacts of poverty on the children of
low-income families as well as workers who are daily wage earners in the small firms. Along
with this, this research study will also find out the success of the State’s 2018 poverty reduction
initiative.

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References: 4
Allahdini, S. (2014). The colour of poverty: Understanding racialized poverty in Canada through
colonialism.
Blumenthal, A., & Rothwell, D. W. (2018). The measurement and description of child income
and asset poverty in Canada. Child Indicators Research, 11(6), 1907-1933.
Jackman, M., & Porter, B. (2014). Rights based strategies to address homelessness and poverty
in Canada: The Charter framework. Advancing Social Rights in Canada, eds Martha
Jackman & Bruce Porter, Toronto: Irwin Law, 65-106.
Loignon, C., Hudon, C., Goulet, É., Boyer, S., De Laat, M., Fournier, N., ... & Bush, P. (2015).
Perceived barriers to healthcare for persons living in poverty in Quebec, Canada: the
EQUIhealThY project. International journal for equity in health, 14(1), 4.