In this opinion piece published in the Chronicle Herald Vince Calderhead  says that the holidays are a good time to check in, to look more closely, beyond the seasonal good tidings, and ask how the poor are really doing — especially so, given that the province is now some four years into its much-proclaimed transformation of its social assistance regime:

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/opinion-checking-in-with-the-poor-during-the-magic-month-270204/