in this society, there are always the needy, if a society is purely capitalist, especially in a cold place as Canada, not all people can survive the winter.

of course it is not an honour either, but if people really need it, how can a gov't eliminate such programmes? we chinese are too 'ai mian zi' and 'pan bi'---diffrent ppl have different way of life---'ni dang guan, wo ban zhuan' (you become an officer, i move the bricks)

btw, the entitled can apply for 'fu li fang', single-parent with 1 kid MUST apply for 2-bedroom apt.