A mentally and physically healthy Canadian, meaning an individual that is not mentally or physically handicapped, should not have any fears of sinking into poverty, so one would think. Yet there are thousands of Canadians struggling to find the money to feed their children. In fact, in 1997, 17.5 per cent of Canadians were of low income, below the poverty line. There are 200,000 Canadians living homeless on the street , concerned with how they are going to keep from freezing to death on

"This whole semblance, that the rule of a certain class is only the rule of certain ideas, comes to a natural end, of course, as soon as class rule in general ceases to be the form in which society is organized, that is to say, as soon as it is no longer necessary to represent a particular interest as general or the "general interest" as ruling."

The government throughout the previous decades has made an attempt or has given the impression that they are concerned about the poor. In 1969, and 1970, there was a "Special Senate Committee on Poverty" where representatives of every province came together with Senators to determine a plan to abolish poverty. None of these members lived in poverty. There were proposals made, such as improved social services, social utilities, and opportunity programs directed to the needs of the poor. There was a proposal for a Guaranteed Annual Income plan for every Canadian family in need; based on poverty lines developed by the Committee. There were other proposals made, and plans of action, yet thirty years later, there are more Canadians living in poverty than ever before.

The government and the wealthy stress that it is not economically viable to pull the poor out of their awful condition. They represent this belief as the only legitimate sensible view. Any other view is thrown out because it does not serve their best interests. The ruling class of Canada determines the common belief about the situation of the poor. If they say it is not economically possible, then society can do nothing about it, so Marx would justifiably argue.

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