Some Manitoba Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) recipients will soon see their benefits cut by $25 a month. 

The provincial government is eliminating a job-seeking allowance for people deemed employable and who do not have kids.

Families Minister Heather Stefanson says the money was given out with no strings attached and was not effective in helping people move into the workforce.

"Being poor is a full-time job"

The cut only affects people who have no children and are not disabled, but the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (SPCW) says the reduction will hurt people who are already struggling.

In a post made online, the SPCW said "The harder we make it for people to succeed, the more will fail. That's the only equation we should be concerned about."

The SPCW said they feel the allowance didn't work because people relying on EIA already receive too little help.

"If $25 didn't help people find jobs it is because the remaining $195 for food, hygiene etc... per month was never enough. Successive governments have failed to move past the bare subsistence support model. Being poor is a full-time job and one of the most soul crushing."