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Clearly, social assistance alone is utterly inadequate in addressing the problems that burden the country's poor. Chris Sarlo, an economics professor at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ont., and an adjunct scholar at the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, says building a healthy economy is the best way to fight poverty. The gains from social assistance, he says, are short term and can create long-term dependence. "Everybody needs a safety net," he says, "but people should have a sense of personal responsibility."