The Unofficial Social Union / National Child Benefit Page

La page officieuse de l'Union sociale et de la Prestation nationale pour enfants

Updated November 25, 2005
Page révisée le 25 novembre 2005

This page is organized in reverse chronological order (more or less...), starting with the links I've added most recently. What you'll find here are links that didn't make it to the Social Union or National Child Benefit websites - an eclectic mix of speeches, press releases, background papers, articles from online journals, and more, going back to early 1996. There's a separate section lower down on this page where you'll find links of interest in the area of Persons with Disabilities.

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News Release
November 25, 2005
"Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services are pleased to release to Canadians the sixth report on the progress of the National Child Benefit1. The National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2004 shows that the National Child Benefit is improving the economic well-being of families with children. 'We know that our actions are having an impact in reducing child poverty,' said Ken Dryden, Minister of Social Development and federal co-chair of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services. 'The National Child Benefit is a joint federal, provincial and territorial initiative. It has been directly responsible for reducing the number of children and their families living in low income.' The report shows that the National Child Benefit prevented 106,000 children in 45,900 families from living in low income in 2002."

Complete report:

The NCB Progress Report: 2004
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(2.5MB, 110 pages)[]
Table of Contents:
Message from Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: What is the National Child Benefit Initiative?
Chapter 2: The National Child Benefit Supplement
Chapter 3: Components of the National Child Benefit Initiative
Chapter 4: First Nations and the National Child Benefit
Chapter 5: Monitoring Progress - Societal Level Indicators
Chapter 6: Assessing the Direct Impact of the National Child Benefit
Chapter 7: The Way Ahead|
Appendix 1: Glossary
Appendix 2: Provincial, Territorial and First Nations NCB Reinvestments and Investments
Appendix 3: Results of the SLID Analysis
Appendix 4: Additional Statistical Information
(PDF file - 526K, 4 pages) - []

Evaluation of the National Child Benefit Initiative
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services
Synthesis Report
February 2005

- incl. links to : Title Page - Introduction - Background - Description of the NCB Initiative - Evaluation of the NCB Initiative — The Program Evaluation Approach - Evaluation Findings - Conclusion - Annex One: Report Summaries - Annex Two: NCB Initiative Logic Model
(1.07MB, 64 pages)
Excerpt (p.31):
"In most jurisdictions, the design of the NCB Initiative has made work financially more attractive than social assistance for families with children by improving the difference between minimum wage employment and social assistance. This improvement was associated with a reduced dependency on social assistance among families with children. These findings were further supported by the provincial case studies which indicate that the NCB Initiative reduced social assistance caseload for families with children. However, there is also evidence that introduction of the Initiative did not lead to shorter spells on social assistance. Thus, the effect of the NCB was likely that of reducing the number of families entering assistance."
Source:

News Release
February 28, 2005
"OTTAWA—The Government of Canada today reported on a wide range of initiatives designed to support children and families. Ken Dryden, Minister of Social Development, Ujjal Dosanjh, Minister of Health and the Minister responsible for the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, today released the Early Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report and the Early Learning and Child Care Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report ."
Source:

Early Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures
Early Learning and Child Care Activities and Expenditures
Government of Canada Report 2003–2004
February 2005

(1.44MB, 141 pages)

Recommended reading!
This report provides information on a broad range of federal and provincial-territorial government child-related programs and initiatives, including : Cash Transfers in Support of the Early Childhood Development Agreement - Maternity and Parental Benefits - the Child Care Expense Deduction - the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program - the Community Action Program for Children - the Federal Strategy on Early Childhood Development for First Nations and Other Aboriginal Children - Federal Transfers Supporting Health and Social Programs - New Measures Introduced in the Federal Budget (March 2004) - Healthy pregnancy,birth and infancy initiatives - Parenting and Family Supports - Community Action Program for Children - Early Childhood Development, Learning and Child Care -Canada Child Tax Benefit Supplement - National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth - Understanding the Early Years - much, much more.

Source:

(Federal-Provincial-Territorial website)

A Canada Fit for Children : Canada’s plan of action in response to the May 2002
United Nations Special Session on Children
Released May 10, 2004
See the Canadian Social Research Links Children's Rights page for links to this report and other information about Canada’s National Plan of Action for Children, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the work of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Special Session on the Rights of the Child)

~ 80 links to sites and site content concerning federal-provincial-territorial fiscal relations
- incl. links to International content for the following countries : United States - Germany - Switzerland - Australia - Belgium - Spain - France - Italy - United Kingdom
Source:

August 26, 2003 – Today, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services met in Yellowknife and reviewed their accomplishments and progress towards common priorities in the areas of persons with disabilities, early childhood development, quality child care and child poverty.

Related Links from the :

"OTTAWA, Aug. 25 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine was in Yellowknife, NWT today to participate in a meeting with federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Social Services to discuss the report on the three-year review of the Social Union Framework Agreement (SUFA). The National Chief told the Ministers that First Nations governments must be more substantively and meaningfully involved in SUFA and any other forums that may affect First Nations governments."

Meeting with FPT Ministers of Social Services
August 25, 2003
More links related to the Social Union Framework Agreement Review (lower down on this page)

- table of contents with links to individual chapters (all in PDF files) for Canada and each province and territory, plus 37 tables of statistics (e.g., Early Childhood Development Initiative funds spent on regulated child care by province/ territory, (Table 14) - National Child Benefit reinvestment strategy funds spent on regulated child care by province/ territory, (Table 15).
This 200-page report includes extensive data on kindergarten and child care programs in each province/territory, Aboriginal programs, quality, contextual and demographic data, historical and recent policy and program developments. The research was funded by Human Resources Development Canada. (PDF file - 93K, 1 page)
February 10, 2003
Source : (University of Toronto)
NOTE: Go to the Canadian Social Research Links Early Learning and Child Care Links Page for more info on day care or early childhood development information

"MONCTON, November 22, 2002 – Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers responsible for Social Services met today and continued to make progress on their work in support of children, families, and persons with disabilities."

Le 21 novembre 2002
"La ministre d'Etat à la Solidarité sociale, à la Famille et à l'Enfance, madame Linda Goupil, ne comprend pas l'attitude du fédéral qui sans consulter le Québec, improvise une "offre d'initiative fédérale-provinciale-territoriale" pour favoriser l'accès à des services de garde de qualité."
Source :

December 2001
" Treasury Board Secretariat is using a pilot approach to ensure that the federal government is meeting its accountability commitments under the Social Union Framework Agreement (SUFA). Over the past two years the three main social departments - Human Resources Development Canada(HRDC), Health Canada, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada have been reviewing their programs through a SUFA accountability lens. A comprehensive template reflecting the accountability provisions of the Agreement was developed for this purpose."
- "...a number of areas that could be improved to strengthen current accountability practices. These include: engaging Canadians in the development of social priorities; developing
comparable indicators for intergovernmental initiatives; using third parties to assess progress; and establishing mechanisms for Canadians to appeal unfair administrative practices."
Source : (RBM)
RBM is the TBS policy centre for results-based management and reporting
- on government accountability from the Treasury Board website
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What's a SUFA?

February 4, 1999

- detailed information on all departmental, interdepartmental and inter-jurisdictional initiatives from the three lead federal departments in 2002.
- incl. links to descriptions of programs ranging from the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy to Youth Service Canada
- also includes links (in the left sidebar) to the 2001 initiatives
Below are links to just two of the informative files in this collection:
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- incl. : Annual Report to Parliament (Canada’s Performance 2001) - Departmental Performance Reports (2001) - Evaluation Policy (2000) - Centre for Excellence in Evaluation (2001) - Policy on Transfer Payments (2000) - Modern Comptrollership (2001) - Horizontal Results Seminar Series (2001).

- from the

Released Oct. 25/02 by :

Fifteen-page study of the CCTB and its effect on family incomes in 1996, 1999 and 2004 - a number-cruncher's delight...
Source:
"...provides estimates and projections for broadly defined tax expenditures as well as evaluations and descriptive papers addressing specific tax measures. This year’s edition includes two papers, 'The Impact of the Canada Child Tax Benefit on the Incomes of Families With Children'* and 'Special Federal Tax Assistance for Charitable Donations of Publicly Traded Securities,'which provide additional information on these two tax measures."
- incl. links to : Estimates and Projections of Tax Expenditures - What’s New in the 2002 Report - Description of New Tax Expenditures - The Tax Expenditures (Personal and Corporate Income Tax Expenditures, GST Tax Expenditures).
- the above link takes you to the table of contents with links to the whole report in HTML and PDF formats

October 25
"(...) The report provides estimates and projections of the revenue consequences of all tax expenditures. Tax expenditures, which take the form of exemptions, deductions, rate reductions, rebates, deferrals, credits and carry-overs, reduce federal tax payable and provide benefits to individuals and businesses on the basis of economic, social or other tax policy objectives. (...) Since this year’s projections extend to 2004, the calculations account for the full effect of the general corporate tax rate reduction that was legislated in June 2001 as part of the government’s five-year $100-billion tax reduction plan. This plan provides for a reduction in the corporate rate from 28 per cent to 21 per cent in 2004."

News Release
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for Social Services
Toronto, Ontario
May 31, 2002
NOTE: This is the official news release from the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for Social Services. Notwithstanding the headline of the news release, the Ministers also released the EAPD National Report during their Toronto meeting; you'll find a reference to the EAPD report in the lower portion of the release....
"... information on how the National Child Benefit is improving the situation for low-income families and taking children out of poverty.
The report indicates that in 1999, as a direct result of the NCB:
- a total of 1.2 million families with 2.1 million children benefited from an increase in income,
- low-income families saw an average increase of $775, and
- the low-income gap was reduced by 6.5 percent.
With investments in the NCB doubling by 2001, the percentage of low-income families will continue to drop."
Source :

 - Information about the Canada Child Tax Benefit and the National Child Benefit. 
- Also includes information concerning related provincial and territorial programs administered by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit - BC Family Bonus - New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit - Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit - Northwest Territories Child Benefit - Nova Scotia Child Benefit - Nunavut Child Benefit - Saskatchewan Child Benefit - Yukon Child Benefit. 
Source :

(PDF file - 192K, 28 pages)
(including related provincial and territorial child benefits and credits)

This Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) guide to the federal Child Tax Benefit (CTB) includes information (in simple question-and-answer format) about eligibility conditions, benefits and related CTB issues. It also includes similar information on the following child benefits and credits launched under the Federal-Provincial-Territorial National Child Benefit initiative:
- Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit
- BC Family Bonus
- New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit
- Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
- Northwest Territories Child Benefit
- Nova Scotia Child Benefit
- Nunavut Child Benefit
- Saskatchewan Child Benefit
- Yukon Child Benefit

Related Links:

(Fact Sheet)
November 2002
Detailed info on the CCTB as well as the National Child Benefit (NCB), the NCB Supplement, Children's Special Allowances, related provincial and territorial initiatives, includes links to more information as well as contact information

Calculate how much your family is entitled to receive under the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) and related provincial/territorial programs.

From the (Federal-Provincial-Territorial Government website):

(PDF file - 615K, 102 pages)
May 31, 2002
- (PDF file - 114K, 4 pages)
- (PDF file - 154K, one wide page)
- (PDF file - 111K, 13 pages)
- (PDF file - 10K, 2 pages)
[NOTE : This annex is compulsory readingby anyone who does welfare rate comparisons for families with children across Canadian provinces and territories.]
- (PDF file - 28K, one page)
Source : page
NOTA: Vous trouverez des liens à la version française de ces documents sur la page du

Related Links:

(PDF file - 58K, 2 pages) - "The federal Human Resources Minister has credited the National Child Benefit with reducing child poverty. Her claim should not be taken seriously."
Source : - [ - "Competitive Market Solutions for Public Policy Problems"]

Campaign 2000 (Non-Governmental Organization)
May 31, 2002
Campaign 2000 and its partners call for an enhanced child benefit that reaches all lower income families, saying that it is key to substantially reducing child and family poverty in Canada, following the release of the federal Progress Report on the National Child Benefit (NCB 2001).
Source :

May 7, 2002
"A generation ago, Canadians took up the challenge of eliminating poverty among seniors. Ensuring that no Canadian child suffers from the debilitating effects of poverty is a top priority of our government."
Source :

New Addition to the BRIEFing Notes Series:
- (Now available as a handy four page BRIEFing NOTE)

New Addition to the Online Issues Page
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IRPP Study: Child Tax Benefit Ineffective in Addressing Child Poverty
June 10, 2003
"An exhaustive examination of Canada’s family policy concludes that recent federal and provincial government initiatives are misguided and have not efficiently addressed the problems of child poverty. 'The Child Tax Benefit is a dead end'assert Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan in 'Assessing Family Policy in Canada: A New Deal for Families and Children,' released today by the Institute for Research on Public Policy."
(small PDF file)
(small PDF file)
(PDF file - 395K, 100 pages)
Source :

From : (you'll find links to the summary and complete text of each of the studies by clicking "Social Union" on the Policy Matters page)
• Restoring the Federal Principle: The Place of Quebec in the Canadian Social Union
Christian Dufour (January 2002)
• (PDF file - 497K, 52 pages)
(contains a summary of the report in English)
Yves Vaillancourt (January 2002)
• SUFA and Citizen Engagement: Fake or Genuine Masterpiece?
Susan D. Phillips (December 2001)
• Power and Purpose in Intergovernmental Relations
Alain Noël (November 2001)
• Shifting Sands: Exploring the Political Foundations of SUFA
Roger Gibbins (July 2001)
• Without Quebec: Collaborative Federalism With a Footnote?
Alain Noël (March 2000)
Source :

Martha Friendly
January 10, 2002
This article in the Canadian Review of Social Policy (Spring 2001) uses child care as a test case for assessing the Social Union Framework Agreement.
(PDF file - 25K, 7 pages)
Source : - University of Toronto

(18 pages)
Political and Social Affairs Division
Parliamentary Research Branch
18 January 2001
"... Although it suggests that an increasingly collaborative federalism might be practised, the federal-provincial-territorial agreement of 4 February 1999 has not managed to solve the vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalance problems. In political terms, the agreement has contributed to widening the gulf between the federal government and the Government of Quebec, and in large measure to legitimizing the practice of an increasingly asymmetrical federalism."
- incl. A Brief History of the Social Union - The Division of Powers in Relation to Social Programs ( federal spending power, the 1982 Charter, national standards) - The Social Union and Fiscal Federalism (CHST, Equalization, Vertical and Horizontal Imbalance) - Conclusion - Bibliography
Related Link :

An Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Governments of the Provinces and Territories
February 4, 1999

September 1997
Political and Social Affairs Division

Excellent 44-page reference document dealing with various aspects of the federal government's involvement in provincial-territorial social programs
Historical Background:
- includes a brief historical overview of social programs since WWI, with special focus on the programs and standards as of the early seventies and developments since then, as well as analysis of he EPF Arrangements of 1977, the Canada Health Act, the Canada Health and Social Transfer, fiscal trends and a comparative analysis of current standards with historical ones
The Jurisdictional Basis:
- incl. Education - Health - Income Support (Social Assistance, Social Insurance)
Intergovernmental Processes:
A. Major Mechanisms (Taxation: National Standards through the Back Door, The Federal Spending Power: National Standards C.O.D., Shared or Divided Policy Fields: National Standards by Gamesmanship, Charter Rights and Affirmations: National Standards through Constitutional Politics, and Intergovernmental Agreements: National Standards through Executive Federalism
B. Alternatives to Unilateralism: The Orchestration of Standards ( National Standards by Public Demand: The Power of Persuasion, National Standards and the "Information Age", National Standards by Interprovincial Consensus
Two Practical Considerations:
A. Political Will (Intergovernmental Pressures - Public Opinion)
B. Money (The Provincial Capacity Argument - The Effectiveness of Penalties - The "Political Loop" - A Concluding Note)
General Observations and Conclusions
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix I: Federal Caps and Cuts,

Appendix II : Further Poll Results

Source:

- See the list of over 200 free online

- A unique partnership of the Government of Canada, Provinces and Territories and First Nations
The official federal-provincial-territorial website of the National Child Benefit
This joint government website offers information about how the NCB works in each jurisdiction and in First Nations communities.
- incl. links to : What is the National Child Benefit (NCB)? - The Government of Canada's Contribution to the National Child Benefit Initiative - Programs in your jurisdiction - First Nations Reinvestments - Library - NCB Success Stories
Much of the content in the Library was moved to this site from the , but you'll also find some new information here about how provinces, territories and First Nations are spending their NCB money. The "Programs in your Jurisdiction" link provides information on all NCB initiatives and links to related information on other websites.

Shifting Sands: Exploring the Political Foundations of SUFA
Roger Gibbins (July 2001)
(PDF file - 68K, 20 pages)
Source :

July 2001
From the :

Fact Sheet

Press Release


Press Release

Backgrounder

Get on with the job of a National Children's Agenda, groups urge Premiers

July 27, 2001
Toronto - Today a national coalition exhorted Canada's Premiers to make children a top priority by taking action to eradicate Canada's persistent levels of child poverty. Campaign 2000, a national coalition of over 85 groups, released a detailed open letter in anticipation of next week's annual Premiers' Conference
(HTML).
(PDF file - 77K, 7 pages)
Source :

Also from Campaign 2000:

Campaign 2000 public forum on child care
June 2001

- incl. links to almost a dozen reports and presentations, such as:
- May 2001(PDF file - 1,182K, 20 pages) April 9, 2001 (PDF file - 10 pages, 229KB)

- from the website of the
- incl. links to : Canada's Social Union - Social Union Framework -Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meetings - Documents - Speeches - News

Background Notes for a Presentation to the House of Commons Subcommittee on Children and Youth at Risk
June 6, 2001
Andrew Jackson

"While the NCB itself appears to be working as intended, higher provincial social assistance benefits are clearly needed to reduce the depth of child poverty."

Martha Friendly (Childcare Resource and Research Unit)
Centre for Urban and Community Studies (University of Toronto)
June 2000
SPR Monograph (20 pages)

News Release
Human Resources Development Canada
May 10, 2001
Release of the Early Childhood Development in North York report - part of the
- includes two backgrounders : one on the North York Understanding the Early Years study and a second on the initiative
- includes a link to the (3.8MB)
 - For other links about early childhood development, see the Early Childhood Development Links page of this site.

The Progress of Canada's Children 2001
Canadian Council on Social Development
March 27, 2001



(Acrobat Reader required)
We need to build on the National Children's Agenda and take it beyond early childhood development, to create a national, coherent approach to providing supports for children of all age groups.
Source :

Poverty Trends and the Canadian "Social Union" (August 1999)
By Lars Osberg, McCulloch Professor of Economics ,
  --- download the complete report as a (46 pages, 168K) or r
Source :

The National Children's Alliance is a group of more than 30 national organizations with an interest in the well-being of children and youth. National Children's Alliance organizations are working to promote the implementation of the National Children's Agenda.

Press Release
April 4, 2001
"After many years of planning, advocacy work and policy development, members of the National Children's Alliance - a coalition of voluntary and NGO organizations dedicated to children's issues - are finally seeing results. The federal government's $2.2 billion dollar investment in early childhood development came into force on April 1st with the start of five
years of funding going to the provinces and territories."

- Summer 2000
- September 2000
Other interesting links:
(September 1998)
(Ideas generated by participants of the NCA Regional Forums, Spring 2000)
(1999)
- 50+ links to related websites

Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being

- University of Montreal
- Lakehead University
- Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
- University of Toronto
- Students Commission (national youth advocacy group)

News Release
November 23, 2001
OTTAWA -- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Secretary of State for Children and Youth, today announced on behalf of Health Minister Allan Rock, the creation of a National Expert Advisory
Committee on the Centres of Excellence for Children's Well-Being. Ms. Blondin Andrew made the announcement at a national conference in Ottawa featuring the work of the five Centres of Excellence. Over 400 experts, including researchers, policymakers, and professionals in health, education, child care and social services are attending the conference.

Source :

News Release
October 5, 2000
Read this Health Canada news release for information about all five centres

Press Release
July 20, 2000
- includes National Child Benefit Future Directions: A Statement by Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services (scroll halfway down the press release to see this statement)

An important investment in Canadian families
July 2000

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA)
Fact Sheet
July 2000
Chart showing the maximum monthly CCTB amount available as of July 2000 for families with net income under $21,214.
Source: (from )

Press Release
Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal
June 21, 2000

Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal
June 21, 2000

Developing a Shared Vision
Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal
June 2000

Includes links to the following articles on the Social Union Framework Agreement:
Antonia Maioni - The Social Union and health care
Pierre-Gerlier Forest - Du neuf avec du vieux ? L'union sociale et la santé
Matthew Mendelsohn and John McLean - SUFA's double vision: Citizen engagement and intergovernmental collaboration
Michael J. Prince - Aboriginals are securing a role
Gerard W. Boychuk - SUFA, the child benefit and social assistance
Tom McIntosh - Is the Social Union too "healthy"? Re-thinking labour market policy
- also includes analysis of the 2000 federal budget from seven different sources, and more...
Source: "Canada's premier public policy magazine"

(national group based in Toronto)
Visit this large site to see the work of the CPJ in the areas of child poverty, refugees and Aboriginal rights.
Below are excerpts from one section of this site.

March 2, 2000
Citizens for Public Justice responds to the federal budget
* - On this page, you'll find CPJ's excellent and extensive collection of links to online resources, including: Reports on Child Poverty (Canada, ON, BC) - The Progress of Canada's Children 1998, Highlights (CCSD) - National Child Benefit - Child and Family Policy - Canadian Policy Research Network -  the National Council of Welfare - Early Childhood Learning and Development - Government Sites - National Children's Agenda - Saskatchewan's Action Plan for Children - Alberta's Children's Forum - Ontario Children's Secretariat - Tax and Transfer Policy.

Budget 2000 Information
February 28, 2000
Good overview of Health Canada initiatives for children
 

Ottawa, Ontario
December 16, 1999
"...to discuss the role of the national Aboriginal organizations in the implementation of the Social Union Framework Agreement"

Provincial-Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal Calgary, Alberta
October 27, 1999

Canadian Council on Social Development
October 26, 1999

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers responsible for Social Services
Kananaskis, Alberta
October 26, 1999

Press Release
October 21, 1999

40th Annual Premiers' Conference
Québec - August 9-11, 1999

- includes releases on Employment Insurance, Early Years and Children's Issues and the
- PDF version of  the
"The Report provides information and recommendations on the various elements of the social policy renewal, including: the Social Union Framework Agreement; National Children's Agenda; National Child Benefit; Health; Benefits and Services for Persons with Disabilities; Labour Market; Education; Aboriginal Affairs, Status of Women; Housing; and Finance and Fiscal Issues."

National Child Benefit - Phase 2

Revenue Canada
press release
July 21, 1999

Human Resources Development Canada
press release
July 19, 1999

Human Resources Development Canada
information booklet
July 19, 1999
-Be sure to check out this last item - it's got July 1999 information on the NCB and provincial/territorial NCB reinvestments

May 1999

- : Social Union could end up killing off what the federal budget was supposed to save (1999)
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February 1999
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January 1999
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January 1999

Backgrounders
(from the Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat)


 

(April 20, 1999)
(Overview, with links to each chapter)
- Chapter 6 -

Meeting of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Council on Social Policy Reform
Toronto, Ontario - April 12, 1999

Joint press release
Regina, Saskatchewan
March 22, 1999

An agreement between the Government of Canada 
and the Governments of the Provinces and Territories 
February 4, 1999 
(text of the agreement) 

Entente entre le gouvernement du Canada et les gouvernements provinciaux et territoriaux 
le 4 février 1999 
(texte de l'entente)

By Judith Maxwell

Assembly of First Nations Press Release
February 2, 1999

February 1999

February 1999

January 1999

CBC News Online - Indepth:

Nineteen articles on various aspects of the Social Union, from provincial/territorial perspectives to fiscal considerations. Contributors include Monique Jérôme-Forget, Thomas Courchene,  Keith Banting, John Richards and Roy Romanow, to name but a few. Follow the links to read abstracts and to download PDF copies of all articles
Source: "Canada's premier public policy magazine"

 

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers of Social Services
Toronto, Ontario
October 27, 1998

 News Release

Saskatoon
August 6, 1998

News Release - August 7, 1998 - Saskatoon

(PDF format)

1998 Western Premiers' Conference
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories July 2-4, 1998

July 4, 1998
- including link to (PDF format)

(August 8, 1997)
From the38th Annual Premiers' Conference
St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick

(PDF file - 72K, 18 pages)
August 1997
"Federal/provincial/territorial governments have agreed on a joint NCB approach that involves three simultaneous steps. First, the federal government will increase its benefits for low-income families with children through an increase in the Canada Child Tax Benefit. Second, provinces and territories will make corresponding decreases in their social assistance payments for families with children while ensuring these families receive at least the same level of income support from governments. Third, provinces and territories will reinvest these newly-available funds in complementary programs targeted at benefits and services for low income families with children."

(September 1996)

Press Release
March 1996


March 1996
View online or download

First Ministers' Meeting, Ottawa
December 11 - 12, 1997

Includes a wealth of information about the Canada Child Tax Benefit and the National Child Benefit, as well as an overview of provincial and territorial child benefit programs administered by Revenue Canada

Persons with Disabilities

(from the )
"In June 1996, persons with disabilities were identified as a priority area of joint social policy reform at the First Ministers' meeting. The Working Group on Benefits and Services for Persons with Disabilities was subsequently established with four primary areas of focus: reform of Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Persons, harmonization of benefits and services, development of a vision/framework for reform, and analytical research."
- includes a description of what governments have been doing in each of the four areas, plus links to relevant reports

- scroll down this page to access news releases and a collection of papers back to 1998 on the subject of benefits and services for persons with disabilities

Some recent reports:

News Release
December 03, 2002
"This first comprehensive report on disability in Canada describes where our country has made progress, how the Government has contributed, and where work remains to be done. It presents a profile of disability, describes disability-related issues and reviews the Government's progress in including persons with disabilities."

Advancing the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities - A Government of Canada Report
December 2002

(PDF file - 519K, 84 pages)

NOTE: you'll find links to text version of each of these documents at the Social Union site link below
Source : The section of the
Related Link:
(Human Resources Development Canada)

Related Link:

(PDF file - 159K, 24 pages)
December 2002
A joint initiative of the Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division of Statistics Canada and the Applied Research Branch of Human Resources Development Canada

"MONCTON, November 22, 2002 – Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers responsible for Social Services met today and continued to make progress on their work in support of children, families, and persons with disabilities."

(PDF file - 198K, 49 pages)
Ministers Responsible for Social Services
May 2002
"This joint federal-provincial report is a vehicle for reporting to people with disabilities and to the public on programs and services funded under the federal-provincial Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities (EAPD) initiative during fiscal years and ."
[ - format PDF - 225Ko, 58 pages]
- includes information on programs and services funded under the federal-provincial EAPD initiative during the fiscal years and
"The report outlines expenditures of more than $400 million a year on programs to help persons with disabilities prepare for, find and keep employment."
Source :

In Unison : Persons with Disabilities in Canada
From the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Social Services
March 30, 2001
This report is organized around three themes : Disability Supports - Employment - Income
For each theme, a separate section covers : Issues and Challenges - Meeting the Challenge - Opportunities for Further Progress - Effective Practices.
Also includes : A Canadian Perspective on Disability Issues - The Vision of In Unison - Perspective of Members of the Disability Community - Aboriginal Perspectives - Next Steps - and more...

- for online viewing
- for downloading and printing (964K, 76 pages)
Source : The website

To Reflecting Interdependence: Disability, Parliament, Government and the Community
November 1999

June 1999
- incl.
(Social Union Website)

(June 1999)

- (June 1996)
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Press Release
- Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Ministers of Social Services
Toronto, Ontario
October 27, 1998

Check out these related Canadian Social Research Links pages:
-Children, Families and Youth - Canadian Government Links -
-Children, Families and Youth - Canadian Non-Governmental Links -
- International Children, Families and Youth Links -
- Unofficial Provincial/territorial Social Union Page -
- Early Learning and Child Care -
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