This is from the UK where they are doing a huge cleanup of their welfare system. I read about this in the Brandon Sun also.
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5726623
I wish Canada would introduce something like this. Like the UK you have to plant flowers, pick up garbage, remove graffiti, etc. This would be huge in making places like Brandon a better cleaner place. The only people to cry would be the unions as it would be taking away from a unionized job. It would probably even reduce payroll budgets within the city as students would be replaced with welfare workers along with things like cutting grass maybe the city could work something out by some positions hiring people on welfare.