A trial of the controversial cashless welfare card will run for two more years. Here’s what people think

Despite fierce debate among politicians over the past week in determining whether or not the cashless welfare program would be made permanent, reactions from community leaders to an extension of the card’s trial have been more nuanced.

But questions have been raised about what difference, if any, the extension of the trial will make to final decisions on its permanency.

Under the Cashless Debit Card program, 80 per cent of an individual’s welfare…