MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Administrative Controls
16 Oct 2017
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Social services began in the 1960s, as people worked hard to build a strong network that can provide support to our most vulnerable citizens, simply, a network built on the values of caring and sharing. But, as time passed, this network became difficult to support, and as a result many canadians are being left behind to live in poverty and social exclusion. The federal government led the way in creating the crisis through its massive cuts in transfer payments, lowering the strength of the services. The provinces chose, or were forced by those budget cuts, to follow suit. Municipalities had to revamp delivery of their portion of social services as they dealt with off-loading from the federal government to provinces and from provinces to those same municipalities. In the end, it has fallen to the community agencies, individuals and families to support the network. Social service workers have also taken a huge blow from this massive withdrawal of funding.
