Welfare Rules: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg

Social Planning Council of Winnipeg: If you're on welfare, you only get money for a phone if you might need to call 911 or a suicide crisis line. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Welfare rules stipulate people only get $3.60 a day for food, which buys one can of Campbell's Chunky soup. 'There has to be a better way of doing this,' says Marianne Cerilli from the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. Photo Store If you aren't looking for work, there's no extra cash for a bus pass -- even if you're disabled. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.