Family Allowances in Canada: The Origins and Implementation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781490718590)

This book deals with the social, political, constitutional, moral, and economic developments which led to the implementation of a system of family allowances in Canada in July of 1945. The book focuses on when the idea first became identified in Canada; family allowances in relation to other social security measures of the time; the constitutional, moral, and financial obstacles to their implementation; the affect of family allowance legislation upon political parties; the reaction of the provinces to this legislation; and the timing of the legislation. Family allowances went through three stages in Canada: recommendations, official and unofficial, and subsequent public discussion; parliamentary debate and legislative enactment in August 1944; and the establishment of the administrative machinery leading to their implementation in July 1945.

Author: Mark Palmer
ISBN-10: 1490718591
ISBN-13: 9781490718590
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2013
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d