Table 1, Liquid asset exemptions as of january 1999 ............................................................................... 4

Table 2, Estimated 1999 Annual Welfare Income .................................................................................. 14

Table 3, Adequacy of 1999 Benefits ..................................................................................................... 25

Table 4, 1999 Welfare incomes as percentage of Average Incomes ....................................................... 28

Table 5, 1999 Provincial and Territorial Welfare Benefits in Constant Dollars ......................................... 33

Table 6, 1999 Welfare Income as Percentage of the Poverty Line .......................................................... 55

Table 7, Monthly Earnings Exemptions as of January 1999 ..................................................................... 61

Table 8, Estimated Number of People on Welfare .................................................................................. 68

Table 9, Poverty Line, 1999 Estimate ..................................................................................................... 69

Table 10, Poverty Line, 2000 Estimate ................................................................................................... 69

Figure 1, Provincial/Territorial and Federal Contributions to Welfare Incomes, Families With Children ..... 41

Figure 2 , Welfare Incomes Over Time As Percentage of Poverty Line, Single Employable People .......... 58

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