Factors Contributing to PovertyThere are many factors that help the prevalence of poverty. First, it is difficult to evaluate these causes because the word “poverty” can be very subjective and difficult to define. In attempting to define what poverty is, one might suggest a lack of income and resources inconsistent with the poverty line requirements. Three factors that play an important role as causes of poverty would be lack of education, systemic discrimination and inequalities based on a capitalist system. This article will look at the ways in which these causes can be combated and at the same time evaluated in its positive and negative aspects. Education has long been a problem in society, because the lack of this essential survival tool does not allow for growth of any kind. It is a known fact that the risk of poverty usually decreases as people go to school more. Poor education can be a cause of poverty or an effect of it. Young people who drop out of school may be poor because they lack the skills needed to get a good job, thus contributing to a system that forces them to live only in low-income and economically starved areas. Furthermore, education is a key requirement. To climb an income hierarchy in our society, uneducated people are forced to make do with their surroundings. Systemic discrimination can be said to be a form of institutional injustice that depends on this silent oppression to maintain a history of past domination. There are many types of barriers that are not overtly obvious and are put in place so that minorities do not have the opportunity to overcome these obstacles. As a result, many minorities, including women, fail to rise through the ranks of the workforce and are left with the lowest-paying jobs. Additionally, Canadian government legislation helps provide a framework for these proceedings, for example laws passed as a result of affirmative action programs could be deemed unjust and unconstitutional. Canada operates in a capitalist system, so it should come as no surprise since because poverty actually exists in this country. It is necessary to have poverty to sustain capitalism. The failure of our system would result in poverty and therefore this, unfortunately, becomes an incentive to become extremely rich and rich...... middle of paper......e.g. Poverty is a term that can be viewed from many different aspects when trying to define this opinionated word. This is a big problem in Canada, and it's evident every time you travel downtown and see poverty within walking distance of the Prime Minister's office. While the actual word may be difficult to define, the causes are endless. It makes no sense to condemn other forms of government based on equality and fair opportunity when our system is based on “survival of the fittest.” In essence, it's really about the survival of whoever can control the most resources first and maintain them. Regardless of our inability to define this word, we know that lack of education, systemic discrimination, and inequalities based on a capitalist system will be the cause. I personally believe that absolute poverty can never be solved, no matter what system you live in. It is because of our form of government that politicians are afraid to implement policies that may not be fully developed when it is time to hold another election. We should fight poverty regardless of how it may affect the deficit in the short term.