Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt: The Development of Social Policy in Canada

Abstract

Introduction I: Beginnings Chapter 1 Saving for a Rainy Day: Social Security in Late Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century Canada Dennis T. Guest Chapter 2 Blood on the Factory Floor: Workers' Compensation Movement in Canada and the United States Robert H. Babcock Chapter 3 the Interests of the Children: Mothers' Allowances and the Origins of Income Security in Ontario, 1917-1930 James Struthers Chapter 4 Scandal and Social Policy: Ideal Maternity Home and the Evolution of Social Policy in Nova Scotia, 1940-1951 Karen Balcom Chapter 5 Forward to a Farm: Land Settlement as Unemployment Relief in the 1930s Dawn S. Bowen Chapter 6 History According to the Boucher Report: Some Reflections on the State and Social Welfare in Quebec before the Quiet Revolution B.L. Vigod Chapter 7 A New Taxpayer for a New State: Charitable Fundraising and the Origins of the Welfare State Shirley Tillotson II: Triumph to Reform Chapter 8 A New Beginning: The Veteran's Jeffrey A. Keshen Chapter 9 In the Children's Interest? Change and Continuity in a Century of Canadian Social Welfare Initiatives for Children Raymond B. Blake Chapter 10 Income Maintenance, Insurance Principles, and the Liberal 1960s: Canada's Unemployment Insurance Program, 1961-1971 L. Richard Lund Chapter 11 Integrating the Inuit: Social Work Practice in the Eastern Arctic, 1955-1963 Frank James Tester Chapter 12 First Nations Child and Family Services, 1982-1992: Facing the Realities Peter Hudson and Sharon Taylor-Henley Chapter 13 Eroding Canadian Social Welfare: Mulroney Legacy, 1984-1993 Patricia Evans Chapter 14 Rise of Chain Nursing Homes in Ontario, 1971-1996 Joel A.C. Baum Chapter 15 Access to Physician Services in Quebec: Relative Influence of Household Income and Area of Residence Francois Rivest, Pascal Bosse, Silviu Nedelca, and Alain Simard III: New Realities in Social Security Chapter 16 Social Policy Divide: Welfare State in Canada and the United States Keith Banting Chapter 17 Current Issues Surrounding Poverty and Welfare Programming in Canada: Two Reviews Garson Hunter and Dionne Miazdyck Chapter 18 Tilting Toward Marketization: Reform of the Canadian Pension Plan Glenn Drover Chapter 19 Canadian Disability Policy: Still a Hit-and-Miss Affair Michael J. Prince Chapter 20 Employment Benefits for Same-Sex Couples: Expanding Entitlement Donald D. Carter Chapter 21 Three Choices for the Future of Medicare Gregory P. Marchildon Chapter 22 How Will the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Evolving Jurisprudence Affect Health-Care Costs? Donna Greschner Chapter 23 Contribution of the Social Economy to Social Policy: Lessons from Quebec Yves Vaillancourt, Francois Aubry, Louise Tremblay, Muriel Kearney, and Luc Theriault Sources