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Test your knowledge: for a newcomer to Quebec, are the statements below true or false?
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Even if the sponsorship agreement is still in effect, you can receive welfare if your sponsor is refusing to support you, or if life with your sponsor became intolerable (for example, due to domestic violence). The sponsor must usually pay the government back for social assistance payments made during the sponsorship period.
Of course, if the sponsorship period is over, you have the same rights as any other Quebecer and can get welfare if you have little or no income or savings.
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