POG 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Improved Sanitation, Canadian Labour Congress, Precarious Work
4 Apr 2016
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The rise of the welfare state in canada. When looking back at the history of social policy in canada created by the french and. Policies are always changing (sometimes for the better, sometimes for worse. Policies are contextually driven (depends on surroundings and societal values) Policies have different impacts on different groups of people (rich and poor) Policies are influenced by longstanding principles (principles that govern social policies that came over with the colonizers) Nouvelle france and british north america operated under two different systems of social welfare: Nouvelle france relied on the roman catholic church for relief. British north america, in the absence of a strong roman catholic presence, relied on a poorly administered poor law legislation, as it had been practiced in. As feudal systems began to unravel and social disorder became increasingly common, english poor laws became a systemic way to provide relief. Non-land owner were at the mercy of landlords.
