Under the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, social condition is already recognized as a prohibited ground of discrimination, and the Quebec commission has interpreted the idea of social condition as including receipt of welfare assistance and source of income, so it has been read broadly as a anti-poverty provision.
Ainsi, la Charte québécoise des droits et libertés de la personne reconnaît déjà la condition sociale comme motif de distinction illicite et, comme la commission québécoise a jugé que la condition sociale incluait les prestations d'aide sociale et les différentes sources de revenu, cette disposition est interprétée comme une mesure anti-pauvreté.