In what it calls a revolution in the way it deals with poverty, the Quebec government will start offering cash incentives rather than coercion to get welfare recipients into the work force. The Liberal government's anti-poverty strategy ensures a minimum annual guaranteed income that will take effect April 1, 2005. Read a CBC story on the announcement, or the official Québec Government press release. The press release is in French; to translate Google provides an online translation tool. Also in French, a critique of the new plan by the Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté and a press release by Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain - both of which have concerns about the impact on the poorest of the poor. For other related links in French see the Canadian Social Research's webpage.