Ron Kneebone
@ronkneebone.bsky.social
Economist
Interested in policy responses to homelessness, poverty, domestic violence, and, for a change of pace, government finances.
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=RUFFYQQAAAAJ&hl=en
Interested in policy responses to homelessness, poverty, domestic violence, and, for a change of pace, government finances.
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=RUFFYQQAAAAJ&hl=en
After a short hiatus, Social Policy Trends is back! This month we describe how the housing crisis impacts the victims of domestic violence and the organizations that provide them with temporary shelter. 1/4
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October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
After a short hiatus, Social Policy Trends is back! This month we describe how the housing crisis impacts the victims of domestic violence and the organizations that provide them with temporary shelter. 1/4
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How do we know when someone is at very high risk of homelessness? Compare their income to the Homelessness Income Cut Off.
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The Homelessness Income Cut-Off (HICO): A New Benchmark to Prevent Homelessness in Canada | HomelessHub
The Homelessness Income Cut-Off (HICO) redefines how we identify and respond to housing vulnerability, shifting our focus from poverty in general to the specific point at which people become homeless.
homelesshub.ca
July 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How do we know when someone is at very high risk of homelessness? Compare their income to the Homelessness Income Cut Off.
homelesshub.ca/blog/2025/ho...
homelesshub.ca/blog/2025/ho...
Reposted by Ron Kneebone
Immigration expert Robert Falconer says Alberta’s immigration survey is vague on which services could be withheld and could include essentials like health care. He says it may have “serious implications" and that the term "non-citizen" could even mean PR holders
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Should Alberta withhold social services for immigrants?
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · 2025-06-25 · 9m
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June 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Immigration expert Robert Falconer says Alberta’s immigration survey is vague on which services could be withheld and could include essentials like health care. He says it may have “serious implications" and that the term "non-citizen" could even mean PR holders
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For those who like their policy studies in bite-sized pieces, today the social policy research team at the School of Public Policy has released a one-page description of a key result from a recent research paper. This is part of our Social Policy Trends series. 🧵
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June 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For those who like their policy studies in bite-sized pieces, today the social policy research team at the School of Public Policy has released a one-page description of a key result from a recent research paper. This is part of our Social Policy Trends series. 🧵
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Today, we released a study linking two administrative datasets, one describing the use of food banks, the other describing the use of homeless shelters. 🧵
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June 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today, we released a study linking two administrative datasets, one describing the use of food banks, the other describing the use of homeless shelters. 🧵
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My mom passed away yesterday. She was 98. A hottie nurse in her day.
May 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My mom passed away yesterday. She was 98. A hottie nurse in her day.
This month, Social Policy Trends looks at the extent to which Canadian governments provide inflation protection for families dependent upon social assistance. Short 🧵
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May 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This month, Social Policy Trends looks at the extent to which Canadian governments provide inflation protection for families dependent upon social assistance. Short 🧵
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A two word suggestion to the person leaving an insulting message on my voicemail but too cowardly to leave their name:
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A two word suggestion to the person leaving an insulting message on my voicemail but too cowardly to leave their name:
Taking time off to help my mother live out what may be her last days. Today she told me she wished she could feel the sun on her face. Leaping into action, I got her nurses, Armand and Fred to sling her into wheelchair so I could take her outside, to feel the sun for maybe the last time. 1/3
May 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Taking time off to help my mother live out what may be her last days. Today she told me she wished she could feel the sun on her face. Leaping into action, I got her nurses, Armand and Fred to sling her into wheelchair so I could take her outside, to feel the sun for maybe the last time. 1/3
Going to stretch my legs walking down, and then back up 😬, the Hamilton “mountain”.
May 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Going to stretch my legs walking down, and then back up 😬, the Hamilton “mountain”.
Not a good look for the CBC to include a Liberal party hack on its discussion desk. He’s embarrassing.
April 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Not a good look for the CBC to include a Liberal party hack on its discussion desk. He’s embarrassing.
Got to say I am finding it hard to find any commentary on this platform that does not think every solution to an economic problem in Canada involves a larger federal government presence. Not all solutions are found with government and the few that are are not found at the federal level.
April 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Got to say I am finding it hard to find any commentary on this platform that does not think every solution to an economic problem in Canada involves a larger federal government presence. Not all solutions are found with government and the few that are are not found at the federal level.
The affordability of housing is closely related to local conditions and local regulations. This is not a problem with a federal government solution.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The affordability of housing is closely related to local conditions and local regulations. This is not a problem with a federal government solution.
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This month, Social Policy Trends looks at research by my team at the School of Public Policy on how weather conditions affect people living in encampments (often referred to as rough sleepers). 🧵
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March 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This month, Social Policy Trends looks at research by my team at the School of Public Policy on how weather conditions affect people living in encampments (often referred to as rough sleepers). 🧵
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You're almost out of time to buy early bird (cheap!) tickets for the Data That Makes A Difference Conference in May! We have a great line up of speakers. I'll be speaking on how we might use data from food banks to predict future rates of homelessness. Join us!
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Data That Makes A Difference - 906 8 Ave SW - Calgary - May 28, 2025
Calgary Homeless Foundation and The School of Public Policy invite you to the 8th Annual Data That Makes a Difference. This two-day national conference brings together data professionals, service deli...
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March 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You're almost out of time to buy early bird (cheap!) tickets for the Data That Makes A Difference Conference in May! We have a great line up of speakers. I'll be speaking on how we might use data from food banks to predict future rates of homelessness. Join us!
www.showpass.com/data-that-ma...
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Reposted by Ron Kneebone
"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin, and America’s traditional friends are in shock."
Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway (Gift Article)
Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”
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March 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin, and America’s traditional friends are in shock."
Have you bought your ticket yet? Why not? Get on it, eh?
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Data That Makes A Difference - 906 8 Ave SW - Calgary - May 28, 2025
Calgary Homeless Foundation and The School of Public Policy invite you to the 8th Annual Data That Makes a Difference. This two-day national conference brings together data professionals, service deli...
www.showpass.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Have you bought your ticket yet? Why not? Get on it, eh?
www.showpass.com/data-that-ma...
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This month, Social Policy Trends reports on preliminary results of our on-going research into how best to respond to domestic violence. Our research agenda stresses there are opportunities to intervene prior to the violence occurring. 1/2
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February 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This month, Social Policy Trends reports on preliminary results of our on-going research into how best to respond to domestic violence. Our research agenda stresses there are opportunities to intervene prior to the violence occurring. 1/2
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This month, Social Policy Trends describes and provides measures of the Homelessness Income Cut Off (HICO). 🧵
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January 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This month, Social Policy Trends describes and provides measures of the Homelessness Income Cut Off (HICO). 🧵
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It is inconceivable to me that there can be that many morally corrupt people in the upper echelons of the US government. Morally corrupt or just cowards, not sure which.
January 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
It is inconceivable to me that there can be that many morally corrupt people in the upper echelons of the US government. Morally corrupt or just cowards, not sure which.
Do you know how to use data to better inform public policies and best practices with respect to homelessness? Prove it! Submit a proposal for presentation at the 8th Annual Data That Makes A Difference conference in Calgary this coming May.
www.calgaryhomeless.com/dtmad/
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Data That Makes A Difference - Calgary Homeless Foundation
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January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Do you know how to use data to better inform public policies and best practices with respect to homelessness? Prove it! Submit a proposal for presentation at the 8th Annual Data That Makes A Difference conference in Calgary this coming May.
www.calgaryhomeless.com/dtmad/
www.calgaryhomeless.com/dtmad/
Hyman Roth was wrong. It's not Cuba that offers a future for gangsters wanting to be free of the Justice Department and the FBI. It's the USA. "Think about the possibilities. No more enemies. Partnership with a government and having the cash to make it possible."
January 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hyman Roth was wrong. It's not Cuba that offers a future for gangsters wanting to be free of the Justice Department and the FBI. It's the USA. "Think about the possibilities. No more enemies. Partnership with a government and having the cash to make it possible."
I feel so fortunate to have received my academic training, to have enjoyed a career, and to have lived during a time when honesty and decency was expected. I’m afraid a hard rain is going to fall on young people hoping to enjoy the same.
January 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I feel so fortunate to have received my academic training, to have enjoyed a career, and to have lived during a time when honesty and decency was expected. I’m afraid a hard rain is going to fall on young people hoping to enjoy the same.
Great discussion of an important but data-challenged problem.
What’s the relationship between rents and homelessness rates in Canada, and how does the relationship work? @lausterna.bsky.social and I assemble comparable recent homelessness data and take a look.
Homelessness and Rents in Canada – Mountain Doodles
Homelessness rates in Canada relate strongly to market rents suggesting a clear market mechanism that causes homelessness.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Great discussion of an important but data-challenged problem.