POLI 2P99 Lecture Notes - Consumerism
13 Nov 2013
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Everything up to family policy will be on the exam. Why do we study public policy in canada. About history, and politics key properties. Drawing from theory and philosophy public policy intervention. Seminar readings lecture notes and textbook (a + answer) Slide 1: introduction changing definitions of the canadian family: structure & composition. About 25 % of canadian children live in households with incomes under. Over 15% of canadian children live in a lone-parent families (roughtly 90% of which are headed by mothers) About 10% of children live in step-families. Family policy lacks an institutional home" in canada. It is a loose assemblage of policies addressing: social welfare; social services (like day care); income tax regulations, family law, custody rights etc). In comparison to european countries, canada has a very weak tradition of supporting children and families. With the exception of quebec, governments in canada have left the task of raising children to individual parents and families.
