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Neoliberalism has decimated our collective understanding of what it means for a government to serve all people, and to build mutual aid and community. It has led to the aggressive decline in social welfare services, and to the false narrative that our economic stability can only be built upon the intentional neglect of those who are most vulnerable…. Canadians must remember that a different approach is possible: we do not need to settle for the tired and ineffective status quo that has been our reality until now…. It is imperative for us to accurately identify poverty as an unnecessary societal anomaly and recognize that under neoliberalism, poverty is simply the result of a system functioning as intended.