PSCI100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Canadian Prairies, Working Poor, Welfare
22 Nov 2017
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Race to the bottom incentives provinces worried that increasing benefits would attract welfare. Seekers from other parts of canada: pressure built for a grater federal role, first shared-cost program was old age pensions, ottawa agreed to pay 50 percent (later paid even more, national system in place by late 1930s. Early innovations: child labor laws, ontario introduces workers" compensation in 1914, minimum wage laws and mother"s allowances also spread across provinces. Post ww2: 1940 - constitutional amendment giving federal government control over unemployment insurance, 1944 family allowances benefit ex. Social policy: three pillars: income security, health, and redistribution. Income security system: cpp (canada pension plan, oas (old age security, gis (guaranteed income supplement, ei (employment insurance) people who lost job and are actively seeking a new job. Important program for seasonal workers ex. fishers: social assistance (welfare) Pressures: major component of federal spending (40% of total, 60% of program spending, gender disproportionately poor women and single parent families.
