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Canada
Ratifies UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
March 11, 2010
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable
Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today announced
that, with the support of all provinces and territories, the Government of Canada
has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at United
Nations headquarters in New York City.
(...)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international
human rights instrument of the United Nations intended to protect the rights
and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties to the Convention are required
to promote, protect and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons
with disabilities, and to ensure that they enjoy full equality under the law.There
are approximately 4.4 million persons with disabilities in Canada—about
14.3 percent of the population.
Source:
Canada News Centre
Departments responsible:
Foreign Affairs
and International Trade Canada
------- [ * Permanent
Mission of Canada to the United Nations ]
------- [ * Canada's
International Human Rights Policy ]
Human Resources and Skills Development
Canada
Related link:
Canada Ratifies
Historic U.N. Treaty on Disability Rights
New York and Toronto
March 11, 2010
Today, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Canada ratified the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This is a historic and
profound moment in our country’s history. It is Canada’s declaration
to Canadians and the international community that disability is at last to be
recognized as a matter of fundamental human rights – at home in Canada
and internationally. By ratifying this first international treaty that comprehensively
recognizes the rights of persons with disabilities, Canada binds our governments
to its implementation. The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL)
applauds the Government of Canada for this landmark decision, and indeed all
Provincial/Territorial Governments for their support in taking this step. The
Convention creates a new and lasting foundation on which to build an inclusive
and accessible Canada where rights can no longer be diminished on the basis
of disability. (...)
Source:
Canadian Association for Community
Living (CACL)
CACL is a Canada-wide association of family members and others working to advance
the human rights and inclusion of persons of all ages who have an intellectual
disability. Founded in 1958 by parents of children with
intellectual disabilities who wanted supports and services within the community
instead of in institutions, CACL has become one of Canada's ten largest charitable
organizations, and has grown into a federation of 10 provincial and three territorial
associations comprising of 420 local associations and over 40,000 members.
More
disabled people in Canada: report
December 28, 2009
An aging population and growing awareness mean the number of people known to
be living with disabilities is on the rise in Canada, says a newly released
report. More people with disabilities have access to jobs and the tools and
aids they need, says the study, but the wage gap between those with disabilities
and those without is growing. "The challenges people with disabilities
face in their day-to-day lives are numerous and often go unnoticed," Human
Resources Minister Diane Finley says in the introduction to the 2009 Federal
Disability Report. The 61-page national portrait of disability shows that about
4.4 million Canadians — one in seven — now has a disability, an increase
from earlier this decade.
Source:
CBC
Advancing
the Inclusion of People with Disabilities, 2009
December 2009
Advancing
the Inclusion of People with Disabilities 2009 is the seventh annual report on
disability issues in Canada. This year’s report presents a portrait of Canadians
with disabilities. This report provides invaluable information to support all
levels of government, associations, researchers and non-governmental organizations
in designing and planning services to enable people with disabilities to participate
fully in society.
(Excerpt from Message
from the Minister)
Complete report:
HTML
version - Table of contents (see below) + links to individual sections
PDF
version (1.2MB, 61 pages)
Table of Contents:
*
Introduction
o Highlights
o A Snapshot of disability in Canada
Chapter 1: Disability supports and
services
--- Aids and assistive devices
--- Home modifications
--- Caregivers and help with everyday activities
--- Transportation –
local and long-distance travel
--- Access to information
Chapter 2:
Education and training
--- Children aged 5 to 14
--- Youth aged 15
to 24
--- Working-age adults aged 25 to 64
Chapter 3: Employment
--- Employment rate
--- Year-round employment
--- Workplace accommodations
--- Unpaid employment / volunteering (working-age adults and seniors)
Chapter
4: Income
--- Annual salary
--- Total income
--- Main sources
of personal income
Chapter 5: Health and well-being
--- Self-rated
health status
--- Impact of stress
--- Physical activity
--- Income,
employment and education
--- Access to health care
--- Social contacts
Appendix
A – Principal [federal] disability-related benefits and programs for
the 2007–08 and 2008–09 fiscal years
Source:
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada
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Notice
of Intent – Fairness for the Self Employed Act
December 2009
The
Canada Employment Insurance Commission is contemplating amendments to the Employment
Insurance Regulations to reflect the amendments to the Employment Insurance Act
(EI Act) contained in Bill C-56, the Fairness for the Self-Employed Act, which
received Royal Assent on December 15, 2009. Bill C-56 provides EI special benefits,
which are maternity, parental, sickness and compassionate care benefits, to self-employed
persons on a voluntary basis. To the extent possible, these benefits will mirror
the special benefits currently available to paid employees already covered under
the existing Employment Insurance Act. For more information or to provide comments
on the proposed amendments, please consult the Notice of Intent in the Canada
Gazette.
Related links:
* Canada Employment Insurance Commission
* Employment Insurance Regulations
* Bill C-56, the Fairness for the Self-Employed Act (Fact sheet)
* Fairness for the Self-Employed Act passed by Parliament (December 16, 2009)
* Canada Gazette: Canada Employment Insurance Commission
Source:
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada
Related links:
Go to the Employment Insurance Links page : http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ei.htm
For information about the 2005 Early Learning and Child Care
Agreements signed by Social Development Canada on behalf of the federal
government and the provinces, go to the Government Early Learning and Child
Care Links page of this site:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) Home Page
When I started working in the federal government back in the mid-1970s, it was with Health and Welfare Canada (HWC), the department that was responsible for Old Age Security, the Canada Pension Plan, Unemployment Insurance, the Canada Assistance Plan and much more. After the 1993 federal election, the Department was split into its two main components --- the health component became a separate new Department, while the welfare side of HWC was transferred to the existing Employment and Immigration Canada (along with the Labour program) and everything was renamed Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). [ FACTOID : Word is that the new dept was initially going to be called Human Resources and Labour until someone figured out that the short-form dept name would be HRL Canada (or "Hurl Canada") - Yikes! back to the drawing board they went. And the rest is history... ] Ten years later, in December 2003, when Paul Martin took office as Prime Minister of Canada, HRDC was split into two new departments: Social Development Canada (SDC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). In February 2006, the new Conservative Government of Stephen Harper (I mean Canada's New Government) reunited SDC and HRSDC under the umbrella of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC). Now that the Conservatives have fortified their minority grip on Parliament, Canada's New Prime Minister can start erasing the "Social" even from the federal government glossary, starting with the name of the Department responsible for the administration of Old Age Security, the Canada Pension Plan and other federal social programs. I guess Old Age Security and the CPP are now considered "human resources" programs in this Brave New World. Online researchers always dread these reorganizations, because websites are invariably turned upside down and inside out when ministerial mandates change. The new Minister of Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada is the Honourable Diane Finley, who
was Minister of the Department (when it was Human Resources and Social Development)
during 2006. Source: |
Policies
and Services - alphabetical list of all programs and services with links
to further info.
A-Z
Index - another alphabetical list, a bit more detailed
HRSDC Publications and Resources
HRSDC
Publications and Resources - links to the department's
own independant and objective research studies in support of its policy development
work. It also produces several types of reports that act as on-going management
tools to assist the department in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of
its activities and to get better results.
NOTE : You have to check each of
the links below to see the full collection of HRSDC reports.
* Departmental
Reports
* Public Opinion Research Reports
* Research Studies
* Audit
Reports
* Evaluation Reports
* Social Policy
* Labour Market Policy
* Learning Policy
Most of this material goes back to the mid-1990s, and it
contains a wealth of information on Canadian social programs!
Social
Policy Reports
- includes links to some historical reports you won't find elsewhere:
* A Canada Fit for Children - April 2004
* Future directions To Address Disability Issues for the Government of Canada:
Working Together for Full Citizenship - January 1999
* OECD - Early Childhood Education and Care Policy: Canada Country Note - October
2004
* OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care Canadian Background
Report - October 2004
* Social
Assistance in Canada in January 1994 (1996) - Over 40 pages of information
on Canadian social assistance programs as they operated in 1994.
* Earlier editions of Social Security Statistics Canada and Provinces
* Child Welfare in Canada 2000 - January 2000
* Child and Family Services Bulletins (1995-2000)
* Reports on Foster Care in Canada
* Child and Family Statistics 1992-2001
* Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2004
* Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2005
* Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2006
* Conferences and Consultations: New Century, New Risks:
Challenges for Social Development in Canada
* more...
<
Begin Gilles' HRSDC Search Engine Rant >,
continued from the last time...
While I was updating the broken links on my HRSDC's home page, I came across a rant of mine from April 2008 about the pathetic excuse for a search engine on the HRSDC website. I decided to copy the whole thing in this newsletter to show how much the HRSDC search engine has evolved since then. It's updated to May 2009 a bit further down.
***
April
2008:
The HRSDC Site Search Engine STILL sucks.
Don't
believe me?
1. Select and copy this text:
Canada
Pension Plan Annual Report, 2006-2007 [this report has been on the
HRSDC website since January 2008, BTW.]
2. Click the link to the HRSDC website
search engine button below and paste your text into the search box.
Search
the HRSDC website
3. Click the "Search" button at the bottom
of the search page.
When I did this search on Feb. 24/08, the results page
consisted of 60 links to stuff that has nothing to do with CPP,
such as workplace bulletins, calls for applications, disclosures of contracts
over $10,000, miscellaneous unrelated stuff, and - oh, yeah, a link to the 1998-99
Canada Pension Plan Annual Report. ONE link out of 60 search results that
even mentions CPP --- and it's to a report that's almost ten years old.
Sucks.
***
May
2009 Update:
On May 30, 2009, I clicked the HRSDC
Site Search button and entered "Canada Pension Plan Statistics".
The Search Results page came back with two results, both from a May 1997
evaluation of CPP Survivor Benefits.
Then I tried the same search using
Google.ca - the first search result was a link to a treasure trove of CPP statistics:
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/isp/statistics/statmain.shtml
Google
regularly finds reports that the HRSDC site search cannot. I
use Google.ca's free site search feature on my own website, and it works just
fine to retrieve my site content.
The Government of Canada should find the
resources to offer a decent search engine on its websites.
HINT FOR SOCIAL
RESEARCHERS:
Use the Google.ca search engine
to find HRSDC reports; it works.
Maybe
if 100 people sent an email to HRSDC Minister Diane Finley [ Finley.D@parl.gc.ca
] asking her how to find CPP statistics on her department's website...
Nah
- use Google.ca instead.
It works.
</ End Gilles' HRSDC Search Engine Rant - for now.>
---
Oh, and while I'm I'm in a ranty mood...
ACCOUNTABILITY?
I
THINK NOT.
While I was checking
the links on my HRSDC Links page, I came across a reference to some content from
the 2003 edition of the EI Monitoring and Assessment Report that I wanted to double-check.
I clicked on the link below (from the HRSDC website):
Employment
Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Reports (HRSDC)
...where I found
direct links to the reports for 2008 and 2007 *only*, along with the following
friendly rejoinder:
"If you would like to request copies of the previous
Monitoring and Assessment Reports, please contact the Publications/Distribution
Unit."
ARGH.
Savvy web
researchers know how
to use the Internet Archive to retrieve web content that's no longer freely available
online
...but the other 98% of visitors to the HRSDC website who wish to
view an EI assessment report from before 2007 will have to identify themselves
to some faceless bureaucrat to *request* a copy.
C'mon, HRSDC - at today's
prices, it works out to less than a penny per year to archive those old reports
and to make them freely and anonymously available to people who visit the
HRSDC site.
Don't make people jump through hoops or identify themselves when
they don't have to; people should NEVER have to identify themselves to obtain
a public report.
Period.
Not only is that not accountability - it's obstruction.
Human Resources and Social Development Canada Profile: *
Government On-Line
2005 Public Report: The Government On-Line 2005 Public Report offers
an overview of the Government of Canada's approach to government on the web and
summarizes our current Internet presence. This report also describes currently
available gateways, clusters and on-line services. * Main estimates (2006): The Main Estimates report provides a detailed listing of the resources required by Human Resources and Social Development and Service Canada for the upcoming fiscal year in order to deliver the programs for which we are responsible. This document identifies the spending authorities and the amounts to be included in subsequent Appropriation Bills that Parliament will be asked to approve to enable the government to proceed with its spending plans. * The Report on Plans and Priorities (2006): The Report on Plans and Priorities (RPPs) is an expenditure plan for Human Resources and Social Development Canada and Service Canada. This report provides details on our organization's main priorities over the next three years by strategic outcome(s), program activity(ies) and expected results, including links to related resource requirements. * Departmental Performance Report (2005): The 2005 Departmental Performance Report (DPR) examines the performance of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in its first complete year of operation. It reports on the department's achievements related to commitments set out in the 2004-2005 Report on Plans and Priorities Source: --------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-2007
Departmental Performance Report: HRSDC:
Details on Transfer Payment Programs Departmental
Performance Reports (DPRs) - Part III Estimates Source: --------------------------------------------------------------- Earlier reports: Social Development Canada
: Departmental Performance Report 2003-2004 Source: Social
Development Canada Source: |
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Aboriginal
Skills and Training Strategic Investment Fund
Through Canada’s
Economic Action Plan, the federal government is investing $75 million of new funding
over two years to establish the Aboriginal Skills and Training Strategic Investment
Fund. The fund will support short-term, focused initiatives designed to help Aboriginal
people get the specific skills they require to benefit from economic opportunities,
including those generated by the federal stimulus package.
See
also:
* Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership
* Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy
* Apprenticeship Completion Grant
* Apprenticeship Incentive Grant
Source:
Economic
Action Plan – Support for Workers and the Unemployed (HRSDC)
- Go to the First Nations Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/1stbkmrk.htm
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Low
Income in Canada: 2000-2006 Using the Market Basket Measure
October 2008
The Market Basket Measure (MBM) is a measure
of low income based on the cost of a specified basket of goods and services. It
was designed to complement two Statistics Canada measures of low income: the Low
Income Cut-offs (LICOs) based on average consumption patterns and the Low Income
Measure (LIM) based on median incomes. The MBM is far more sensitive to geographical
differences in living costs than these other measures.
- includes links to a Highlights page and the full text in one PDF file (both of these links appear below), along with links to the individual chapters and appendices (methodological notes and source data used in creating the Market Basket Measure)
Individual
chapters include:
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Low-Income Measures: Conceptual
Differences
* 3. The Market Basket Measure
* 4. The Results
* 5. A
Focus on the "Working Poor"
* 6. High-Risk Groups
* 7. Conclusion
You
can access all of these chapters from
the
main page of the report.
* Highlights
Seven
years of data based on this measure are now available. This makes possible an
examination of low income trends over a significant time period as well as the
persistence of low income for various groups over two five-year periods (2000
to 2004 and 2002 to 2006). This report also provides data based on the paid work
status of the main income recipient (MIR) of economic families and on five groups
who are particularly at risk of persistent low income.
*
Full
text of paper in PDF format (516K, 95 pages)
Source:
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada
<Begin final HRSDC rant of 2008.>
A nice, fat lump of coal for the HRSDC website design team Christmas stocking.
As
at December 24, there is absolutely not one link to, nor even a mention of, this
report on the HRSDC website, and yet the date that appears on the report is October
2008.
The HRSDC
What's New page shows nothing new in October.
The HRSDC
search engine continues to underwhelm. Searching for the exact title of the
report yields zero returns. Searching for the short title [without the
dates] gives you many links, ALL to the 2002 edition of this report. As always,
my advice to social researchers looking for something on the HRSDC website is
to use Google.ca .
So
how did I find the link to this report?
I didn't
--- I received an email from the mailing list of Rob Rainer, Executive Director
of the National Anti-Poverty
Organization.
(Thanks, Rob - perhaps HRSDC could hire you to keep their
What's New page up to date...)
Researchers:
If
you wish to browse the publications available from HRSDC, you can start from either
of the following links:
HRSDC
Publications and Resources by Type of Resource - incl. * Departmental
Reports * Public Opinion Research Reports * Research Studies * Audit Reports *
Evaluation Reports * Social Policy * Labour Market Policy * Learning Policy
HRSDC
Publications by Topic
Why
the rant?
If I had a nickel for every time I found
out through a third party about a new HRSDC report posted on their website over
the past few years, I'd probably have enough to pay for that lump of coal myself.
Conversely,
if everyone who has ever cursed the HRSDC website for its user-UNfriendliness
kicked in a nickel, we might have enough to offer individual lumps of coal for
each and every one of the Web design committee and sub-committee members. As a
former civil servant working in HRSDC, I can tell you there are TONS of very useful
resources in the HRSDC website.
Good luck finding them, though.
</End final HRSDC rant of 2008.>
January
17/09 update:
Low Income in Canada appears in
the January 2009 What's
New page of the HRSDC website.
Related
links:
- Go to the Poverty Measures - Canadian Resources page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty.htm
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What's
new in June 2009 from
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada:
* The
Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,
is leading consultations with Canadians on the ratification of the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. To participate in the online
consultation, please visit the
Public Consultations page.
This consultation ends July 31.
* A national Elder Abuse Awareness campaign and a federal Elder Abuse Initiative Call for Proposals under the New Horizons for Seniors program launched on June 15, 2009.
*
The Office
of Literacy and Essential Skills has developed a number of tools to help
employers, learners and practitioners address Literacy and Essential Skills challenges.
Visit the Literacy
and Essential Skills Toolkit to access 17 new tools and much more.
*
New
Horizons for Seniors Program — The calls for proposals for Community
Participation and Leadership Funding and Capital Assistance Funding are now open
in Quebec until September 11, 2009.
NOTE: this last item was actually in the
May What's New update for HRSDC
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Supporting
and Engaging Older Workers in the New Economy
This report by the Expert
Panel on Older Workers is undated.
(Posted to the HRSDC site in July 2008;
PDF file created February 12, 2008)
Executive
Summary (see excerpt below)
Complete report:
HTML
version - table of contents and links to each chapter and appendix in
the report
PDF
version (874K, 110 pages)
Excerpt from the executive summary:
"(...)
The Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Canada established the
Expert Panel on Older Workers on January 23, 2007. The Panel members were selected
for their experience in studying policy issues. (...)The Panel's task was to consider
the current situation and future prospects of older workers, and to make recommendations
to the government."
HRSDC Minister
Monte Solberg's response
to the report by the Expert Panel on Older Workers:
New
Approaches and Partnerships to Meet the Labour Market Challenges of Today and
Tomorrow
Speaking Notes for The Honourable Monte Solberg
Minister
of Human Resources and Social Development
at
The Pacific NorthWest Economic
Region (PNWER)
18th Annual Summit
“New approaches to meet the labour
market challenges of today and tomorrow”
Vancouver, British Columbia
July
23, 2008
Related links:
Expert
Panel on Older Workers (the Panel's own website)
- incl. links to :
* About the Panel * Consultations * Submissions * Research * FAQs * Links * Contact
us
Older
Workers : Challenges and Policy Issues
Background and Issues Paper
March
2007
This discussion paper was part of a broad consultation process in 2007
that included provincial and territorial governments, the academic community,
employers, labour groups and other organizations.
May
2008
Performance
Tracking Directorate Reports
"In its Fourth Progress Report on
the management of grants and contributions released in April 2001, HRDC committed
to 'making the changes that are required to sustain improvements and to reporting
to Parliament on its progress.' As part of this commitment to openness and transparency,
we will continue to post relevant information to our web site relating to on-going
efforts to improve the management of grants and contributions at HRDC."
-
incl. links to eight national reports going back to 2001 and three program-specific
reports dating back to 2002 and 2003
Investing in Seniors
- Highlights recent Government of Canada measures
that benefit seniors
HTML
version
PDF
version (62K, 2 pages)
- incl. * Tax Relief * Improving Old Age Security
* Investing In Canada's Future * Supporting Caregivers * Engaging
Seniors, Strengthening Communities
Related link:
January
2008
Indicators of Well-being
in Canada
This new HRSDC website presents comprehensive, up-to-date
information on the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society, and how that
may be changing over time.
- incl. links to info about : Work | Learning |
Financial Security | Family Life | Housing | Social Participation | Leisure |
Health | Security | Environment
"(...) How many Canadians have a paying job? What levels of education do we have, and how does that compare with other countries? What proportion of marriages end in divorce? How long can we expect to live? Have there been any big changes over the last 20 years or so? This website helps to answer such questions. Developed by Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), its purpose is to systematically present measures and report on various aspects of well-being that are important to Canadians."
The role
of family and government financial supports in helping Canadian workers avoid
poverty
October 2007
PDF
version (288K, 87 pages)
HTML
version
"...assesses the extent to which family and government
financial supports prevent workers from living in low income."
- incl.
links to:
* Abstract
* Major Factors Leading to Poverty * Definitions of Vulnerable Workers that Consider
Family and Government Financial Support * 2002 profiles of vulnerable workers,
the working poor and workers who are not self-sufficient * Determinants of Potential
Poverty for Workers * Occurrence of Major Life-Disruptive Events Among Vulnerable
and Non-Vulnerable Workers * What Happens to Vulnerable Workers, the Working Poor
and Workers with Low Earnings Over the Longer Term * Conclusions * Tables and
Graphs * Bibliography * more
What
else is new at HRSDC in November 2007?
* To better meet the needs of
prospective immigrants and newcomers to Canada, CIC and HRSDC have updated the
Going to Canada Immigration
Portal to incorporate new content and interactive tools. This website
was developed in partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada. HRSDC's
section of the portal, called Working in Canada helps prospective and new immigrants
learn more about Canada's labour market and the steps involved in finding a job
in Canada.
*The Working in Canada Tool helps prospective and new immigrants prepare for employment in Canada by providing labour market reports tailored to a specific occupation and geographic area (city, town or region).
New
Horizons for Seniors Program
The New Horizons for Seniors Program is
now accepting applications for two new types of funding.
* Capital Assistance
Funding helps non-profit organizations that need to upgrade facilities or
equipment used for existing seniors' programs and activities.
* Elder Abuse
Awareness Funding helps non-profit organizations raise awareness of the abuse
of older persons on a national or regional level.
Education
Savings Community Outreach
HRSDC is launching a call for proposals
for Education Savings Community Outreach. For more information, visit Education
Savings Community Outreach (ESCO 2007) - Call For Proposals
Addressing the challenges and opportunities of aging in Canada, is now available online. This report, prepared for the UN Commission for Social Development, focuses on new federal action taken and the further development of existing programs around seniors and population ageing.
* Pan-Canadian
Study of First Year College Students:
Report 1 - Student Characteristics and
the College Experience
August 2007
This joint-study, between
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) and the Association of Canadian
Community Colleges (ACCC), provides the most comprehensive national description
of first-year students in Canadian colleges, institutes, cégeps and university
colleges to date.
* A
Study of Poverty and Working Poverty among Recent Immigrants to Canada
July 2007
This research examines the characteristics of recent immigrants
who were living in low income in 2004 and pays particular attention to their labour
market participation.
* The
Well-Being of Canada’s Young Children: Government of Canada Report 2006
May
2007 (date on PDF file)
NOTE: Chapter
8 of this report deals with the well-being of Aboriginal children in Canada
Two reports in one:
*
Early Childhood Development Activities and Expenditures: Government of
Canada Report 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, and
* Early
Learning and Child Care Activities and Expenditures: Government of Canada Report
2004-2005 and 2005-2006
June 2007 (date on PDF file)
These
reports are co-published by Human Resources and Social Development Canada, the
Public Health Agency of Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
* HRSDC is launching a call for proposals for Education Savings Community Outreach.
For more information, visit Education
Savings Community Outreach (ESCO 2007) - Call For Proposals
* Addressing the challenges and opportunities of aging in Canada (July 2007) is now available online. This report, prepared for the UN Commission for Social Development, focuses on new federal action taken and the further development of existing programs around seniors and population ageing.
Consultations
in progress: Public Consultations
Reports: Source: Related Links: For a list of consultations currently underway
in other federal departments, please visit the <begin consultations rant> HEY, HRSDC - QUIT DELETING CONTENT FROM YOUR SITE! If my opinion matters, as stated in the intro to the Human Resources and Social Development Canada Public Consultations Website, at least you could have the decency to leave links to completed consultations on your website. In
late spring of 2005, Social Development Canada (as HRSDC was known at that time)
launched a public consultations website [ http://sdc-dsc.dialoguecircles.com/
]. Internet
Archive to the rescue! Here's
a link to the (HR)SDC Public Consultation site HINT:
the "Resource Area" for each consultation contains links to some excellent
related online resources, including: General Documents - Outcome Documents from
Roundtables - Information on Government of Canada Programs - Government of Canada
Publications - Government of Canada Seniors-Related Web Sites Persons
with Disabilities Consultation Internet Archive version (02/07) Resource Area - Internet Archive version (02/07) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Seniors
Consultation - Internet Archive version (02/07) Resource Area - Internet Archive version (02/07) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Caregivers
Consultation - Internet Archive version (02/07) Resource Area - Internet Archive version (02/07) </end consultations rant> |
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Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security
Canada's
Retirement Income System
- guide for people approaching retirement - includes info about the Old Age
Security (OAS) program, the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Private Pension Plans
|
Canadian
Retirement Income Calculator
Enter your personal financial information and the calculator will give you
a pretty pretty accurate estimate of your income when you retire. The site is
secure- you should see a locked padlock on the status bar at the bottom of your
screen - so you shouldn't have to worry about your information being misused
|
A
Primer on Federal Social Security Contributions (Canada) Source: |
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Canada
Pension Plan
General information -
Did You Know? * Canada's Retirement Income System - "What's in it for you?"
* Your CPP Statement of Contributions o Request a CPP Statement of Contributions
* General Information About the Canada Pension Plan * 1998 Changes to the Canada
Pension Plan * Important Information for Common-law Partners * CPP Annual Reports
* Quebec Pension Plan
Benefit information -
Retirement Pension * Disability Benefits * Survivor Benefits (death, survivor
& children's benefits) * Children's Benefits for Students aged 18 to 25 *
Forms Payment information -
Canada Pension Plan Payment Rates * Payment Dates * Direct Deposit * OAS and CPP
T4/NR4 Income Statements o Obtain your Tax Information Slips online
o File
your taxes by phone or online using Telefile service for seniors or Netfile *
Canceling benefits following the death of a pensioner / beneficiary
Fact
sheets - Sharing your pension for possible tax savings
* Credit Splitting Upon Divorce or Separation * Facts about the Child Rearing
Drop-out Provision * Reassessing Eligibility for Disability Benefits * Disability
Vocational Rehabilitation Program * Non-Resident Tax on Canadian Pensions * Facts
about Changes to CPP Disability * Avoid owing tax on filing - CPP/EI voluntary
deductions at source
Canada
Pension Plan Annual Report, 2006-2007
- tabled in the House of Commons
on December 10, 2007
[ PDF
version - 9.5MB, 52 pages ]
Table
of Contents:
* TITLE PAGE
*
2006–07: THE YEAR AT A GLANCE
* THE CANADA PENSION PLAN IN BRIEF
o Meeting the Needs of Canadians
* BENEFITS AND EXPENDITURES
o Retirement Pensions
o Disability Benefits o Survivor Benefits o Death Benefits o Other Provisions
o The Appeals Process
* ENSURING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
o Actuarial Reporting o A Fair Approach to Funding
o Financing
* FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
o
CPP Account o CPP Assets and Cash Management o CPP Investment Board o CPP Investments
o Investing for our Future
* MANAGING THE CPP
o Collecting and Recording Contributions o Overpayment
of Benefits o Administrative Costs
* IMPROVED SERVICE
DELIVERY - SERVICE CANADA
o Reaching Out to Canadians
o Delivering Service o Processing Benefits
* LOOKING
TO THE FUTURE - SERVICE CANADA
o Information Technology
Renewal Delivery System (ITR-DS) o Online Service Delivery o Simplifying the Application
Process
Complete
list of HRSDC
Canada Pension Plan Publications
-
links to two dozen CPP reports and factsheets
- does not include links
to CPP annual reports; for that, try the link below.
Service
Canada's
Canada Pension Plan Publications Index
- to access CPP annual reports for fiscal years back to 2000-2001, you'll
have to scroll to the bottom of the Service Canada publications page.
CPP
payment rates Income
Security Programs (ISP) Information Card Source: |
Canada
Pension Plan Statement of Contributions Online
This online service allows you to view and print your Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
Statement of Contributions. Your Statement of Contributions contains a history
of your earnings and contributions to the CPP, as well as estimates for any
CPP benefits you may be eligible to receive.
Old
Age Security
General information: * Overview
of the Old Age Security Program * C-36: An Act to Amend the Canada Pension Plan
and the Old Age Security Act * Important Information for Common-law Partners *
Canada's Retirement Income System - "What's in it for you?" * The Old
Age Security Appeals Process
Benefit information: * Old Age Security Pension * Guaranteed Income Supplement * Allowance * Allowance for the survivor * Forms
Payment information: * Old Age Security Payment Rates * Payment Dates * Direct Deposit * Canceling benefits following the death of a pensioner / beneficiary * The Repayment of Old Age Security Pension Benefits (Deductions for higher-income seniors)
Taxation
Information: * The Old Age Security Recovery Tax *
Non-Resident Tax on Canadian Pensions * OAS and CPP T4/NR4 Income Statements o
Obtain your Tax Information Slips online o File your taxes by phone or online
using Telefile service for seniors or Netfile.
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Old
Age Security (OAS) Pension
The Old Age Security
pension is a monthly payment available to most Canadians aged 65 or older who
meet Canadian residency requirements as stipulated for the purposes of the program.
Guaranteed
Income Supplement - "The Guaranteed Income Supplement provides additional
money, on top of the Old Age Security pension, to low-income seniors living in
Canada. To be eligible for the GIS benefit, you must be receiving the Old Age
Security pension and meet the income requirements"
- incl. links to :
About the Guaranteed Income Supplement * Applying for the Guaranteed Income Supplement
* Renewing your benefits * Eligibility Requirements
* Receiving the Guaranteed
Income Supplement * Filing your income tax return * Appealing a decision * Protecting
information about you * Other public retirement benefits * More Information *
Important Information for Common-law Partners * Questions and answers about the
application forms sent to potential clients - 2003
Allowance
Program - formerly the Spouse's Allowance
– for 60 to 64 year-old
spouses or common-law partners of pensioners who receive GIS
Allowance
for the survivor - formerly the Surviving Spouse's Allowance
–
for 60 to 64 year-old widowed spouses or common-law partners
International
Benefits
* Infosheets (info on international social security agreements
Canada has signed with other countries) * Status of Canada's Social Security Agreements*
Social Security Web Sites Around the World * Statistics on Canadian Benefits Paid
--------------------------------------------------------------
Old Age Security / Canada Pension Plan Statistics- from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Includes links to the following Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan stats:
* ISP Information Card (Rate Card) - updated quarterly,gives the maximum monthly rates for Canada Pension Plan, Quebec Pension Plan and Old Age Security benefits, as well as other selected figures.
* Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Statistical Bulletin - a monthly publication that provides detailed information such as the number of benefits in pay, the amounts paid, and the distribution of various benefits by age and sex.
* Canada Pension Plan Contributors Report - an annual publication with detailed statistics on the number of contributors and the amount of contributions to the Canada Pension Plan. Although the publication is annual, the data are 2 years in arrears. This is due to ongoing updating of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency T4 files prior to issuing.
* Canada Pension Plan Benefit Rates - maximum monthly rates for new CPP benefits from 1967 to date, as well as historical data related to the calculation of CPP contributions and benefits. This publication also contains historical tables on pension index and escalation factors.
* ISP Stats Book - annual publication, serves as a reference for Income Security Programs. It contains historical data on CPP and OAS monthly averages of benefits, new benefits and net payments in calendar years or fiscal years. Other data included in this publication are QPP, Average Weekly Wages and Consumer Prince Index data Average Weekly Wages and Statistics Canada's Low Income Cut-off levels.
* Social Security Agreements: Canadian Benefits Paid - data on Canadian Benefits paid (under Social Security Agreements) to people who have lived or worked in another country
* Tables of Rates for Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement and the Allowance
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Seniors
New
Horizons for Seniors
"This program provides funding for community-based
projects across Canada. Projects encourage seniors to continue to play an important
role in their community by:
* helping those in need;
* providing leadership; and
* sharing their wisdom and experiences.
Calls for Applications are issued once or twice a year.
Application deadlines may vary for each province and territory.
- incl. links to : Call for Applications - News Release
- About the Program - Who can apply? - What will the program fund? - What is
the application process? - How does an organization apply? - Contact New Horizons
for Seniors - Frequently Asked Questions
--------------------------------------------------------------
- incl. links to:
Partnership Initiatives and Funding Programs (National Child Benefit
- Children and families - Inter-country Adoption Services - Understanding the
Early Years)
Financial Benefits (Children's Benefits - Survivor Benefits
- Canada Education Savings Grant - Canada Learning Bond - Registered Education
Savings Plans)
Social Insurance Number
Financial Assistance
and Planning
Related links:
*
Canada's Universal Child Care Plan
- "Provides Choice, Support and Spaces."
* Canada
Child Tax Benefit (CCTB)
*** Child
Disability Benefit (CDB)
* Service
Canada - Children
* Centres
of Excellence for Children's Well-Being
* National
Children's Agenda
* Early Childhood
Development and Early Learning and Child Care
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Canada's
New Government Celebrates Giving Parents Greater Choice in Child Care
WINNIPEG,
MANITOBA, July 10, 2007 - Canada's New Government made a commitment to support
Canadian families and give them real choice in child care, and it is delivering
on that promise. Since launching the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) in July
2006, the Government has provided 1.5 million Canadian families with monthly UCCB
cheques of $100 for every child under six years old.
Related link:
Canada's Universal Child Care Plan - "Provides Choice, Support and Spaces."
A
new $1,200 Choice in Child Care Allowance for pre-school kids
And capital assistance
for building new childcare spaces
December 05, 2005
- from the
website of the Conservative
Party of Canada
Happy Anniversary from the Party Poopers!
One
year later, Canadian families still have no child care solution
Harper Conservatives
celebrate first anniversary of failed plan
July 10, 2007
Monte
Solberg, minister of Human Resources and Social Development, is in Winnipeg today,
holding a celebration of the so-called “Universal Child Care Benefit”.“I’m
not sure what there is to celebrate,” said CUPE National President Paul Moist.
“This plan hasn’t delivered a single child care space.”
NOTE:
check the right-hand margin for 14 links to related websites and articles
Source:
Canadian
Union of Public Employees
Also from CUPE:
Early
learning and child care - It's time
July
13, 2007
The Canadian Union of public Employees (CUPE) has published a new
booklet that makes the case for a universal, high quality, not-for-profit child
care system. The booklet outlines the major issues facing child care workers,
and promotes CUPE's plan to help build a stronger system through organizing, advocacy
and collective bargaining.
Complete report:
Early
learning and child care - It's time (PDF file - 2.5MB, 24 pages)
July
2007
"(...) The Canadian Union of Public Employees believes Canada urgently
needs a high-quality early learning and child care (ELCC) system. Many CUPE members
are parents with young children. They need quality child care so they can work
with peace of mind. More than half of CUPE members are women, and women still
bear the major responsibility for child-rearing."
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Understanding
the Early Years (UEY)
- UEY
Pilot Projects
Government
of Canada announces funding for six new Understanding the Early Years (UEY) communities
in British Columbia
News Release
October 12, 2005
Government
of Canada announces funding for Understanding the Early Years North Shore in British
Columbia
News Release
October 12, 2005
Related
Links:
- Go to the Government Early Learning and Child Care Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm
--------------------------------------------------------------
- incl. links
to the following :
* Financial Benefits
o CPP
Disability Benefits
o Federal
Worker's Compensation
o International
Benefits
o Survivor
Benefits
* Opportunities
Fund for Persons with Disabilities
* The
Office for Disability Issues (ODI)
* Social
Development and Support Initiatives
|
Government
of Canada invests more than $7.2 million to support the full inclusion of Canadians
with disabilities
News Release
April 25, 2005
"WINNIPEG, MANITOBA—Ken Dryden, Minister of Social Development, announced
$7,224,608 in funding to help Canadians with disabilities become full participants
in learning, work and community life. (...) The Government of Canada is investing
in the organizations through the Social Development Partnerships Program —
Disability component (SDPP-D), which includes the Community Inclusion Initiative.
- incl. Backgrounder with more detail about SDPP-D and multi-year organizational
grant funding
Source:
Social Development Canada
(SDC)
Related Link:
Community
Inclusion Initiative
"(...) The Community Inclusion Fund (CIF) was launched in 1997 following
the deinstitutionalization initiative under the National Strategy for the Integration
of Persons with Disabilities. The primary aim of the Initiative is to strengthen
community capacities to secure inclusion and citizenship for people with intellectual
disabilities and their families."
---
Social
Development Partnership Program (SDC)
"The Social Development Partnership Program is administered by the Community
Development and Partnerships Directorate and the Office for Disability Issues.
It provides funding to non-profit organizations, educational institutions, research
institutes, and professional associations working to meet the social development
needs of persons with disabilities, children and their families, or other vulnerable
or excluded populations in Canada."
---
Community
Development & Partnerships Directorate (CDPD)
"CDPD works
to advance the social priorities of the Government of Canada related to children
and their families by working with the voluntary sector and by making strategic
investments that build knowledge, facilitate information sharing, and support
effective practices in early learning."
Office
for Disability Issues
"The Office for Disability Issues (ODI)
is a focal point within the Government of Canada for key partners working to promote
the full participation of Canadians with disabilities in learning, work and community
life. We strive to provide leadership in this area of shared responsibility."
Canada
Celebrates International Day of Disabled Persons
News
Release
December 4, 2006
"(...) In honour of the International Day
of Disabled Persons, Minister Finley released the fourth Federal Disability Report,
Advancing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities (2006) today.
The report provides an overview of the activities, results and expenditures of
more than 50 federal programs and initiatives that support the needs of Canadians
with disabilities."
Complete report:
Advancing
the Inclusion of People with Disabilities (2006)
HTML
version
PDF
version (1.2MB, 109 pages)
Text
version
Advancing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities 2006
is the Government of Canada’s fourth comprehensive report on disability
in Canada.
"The 2006 federal disability report provides information
on over 50 federal programs and initiatives, their level of expenditure, the key
findings of any available internal or external evaluations or audits, and any
research studies or client surveys of which these programs and initiatives were
the subject matter. All these programs and initiatives reflect the Government
of Canada’s commitment to address disability issues and reduce the effects
of the socio-economic and physical environments."
The report's chapters:
Human Rights and Culture * Accessibility and Disability Supports * Learning, Skills
and Employment * Income, Income Support and Tax Measures * Health and Well-Being
Earlier
reports - links to over a dozen reports, programs and other resources
Other
disability publications --- links to 20+ reports going right back to the
1981 Obstacles report
- Go to the Disability Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/disbkmrk.htm
The
Multilateral Framework
for Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities For
more info about the national framework and the agreements signed with other jurisdictions
to date, go to the Disability Links page:
Source: --------------------------------------------------- Canada's
New Government Announces --------------------------------------------------- See also: Employability
Assistance for People with Disabilities (EAPD) Related links: Related Links: Government
of Canada Disability Agenda - Go to the Canadian Social Research Links Disability Links page |
Social
Insurance Number The
Management of the Social Insurance Number—Human Resources and Social Development
Canada Independent
Review of the Integrity of the Social Insurance Number and Social Insurance Register Social
Insurance Number |
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* Child Disability Benefit (from the Canada Revenue Agency)
* Persons
with Disabilities Online
"Persons with Disabilities Online is
an Internet site where persons with disabilities, their family, their caregivers,
and others with an interest in disabilities can access a broad range of information
concerning disabilities."
This is the Government of Canada portal to
hundreds of links to federal government programs and services for people with
disabilities.
- incl. links in the following areas : Accessibility -
Education - Employment - Financial Support - Health - Housing & Residential
Services - Personal Supports - Rights - Reports, Publications, Fact Sheets - Disability
related government offices - Tax Programs - Accessible transportation & regulations
Voluntary
Sector Initiative
- Partnership Information - The Partnership
Handbook - Partnership and Funding for Business - Partnership and Funding for
Organizations
Social Union Site - The "social union" initiative is the umbrella under which governments will concentrate their efforts to renew and modernize Canadian social policy.
Shape the Future of Regulation in Canada - While the regulatory system we currently have in Canada has served us well, it was largely developed for an industrial economy. Canada now needs a 21st century regulatory approach that reflects Canadian values, the realities of the knowledge economy and changing market imperatives. The External Advisory Committee on Smart Regulation invites you to help Shape the Future of Regulation in Canada.
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Strategic
Directions and Communications
"Strategic Policy is the centre
of the Department's policy development work. It plays a key role in integrating
work in other areas of the department and supporting the Minister in meeting policy
challenges. It also provides corporate strategic support for the Minister and
Deputy Minister in the area of Intergovernmental relations."
NOTE: this
is the new designation for the old Strategic Policy Branch.
Strategic
Policy
NOTE: this is the new designation for the old Social Policy
Directorate.
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When
Working is not enough to Escape Poverty:
An Analysis of Canada's Working Poor
By Dominique Fleury and Myriam Fortin
Policy Research Group
Human
Resources and Social Development Canada
August 2006
(Posted to the HRSDC
website April 2007)
NOTE: the link above takes you to the title page, where
you'll find links to two related publications (released in 2001 and 2002) from
the same authors : What Does it mean to be Poor and Working? (2002) and
The Other Face of Working Poverty (2001), as well as a link to the table
of contents(see the next link below) and a link to the next page in the file.
Table
of Contents:
* Title Page * Acknowledgments * Executive Summary
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Literature Review on Working Poverty * Chapter 2:
Who Are the Working Poor? * Chapter 3: A Descriptive Profile of Working Poor Canadians
for 2001 * Chapter 4: Determinants of Poverty Among Workers * Chapter 5: Greater
Family Work Effort as a Means of Escaping Working Poverty * Chapter 6: Should
Self-Employed and Salaried Working Poor Canadians be Treated Differently? * Chapter
7: Impact of Increasing Hourly Wages on the Earnings of Salaried Workers * Chapter
8: The Situation of Working Poor Canadians Over the Longer Term * Summary and
Policy Considerations * Appendix A: Data * Appendix B: Logistic Regressions: Technical
Details * Appendix C: Logistic Regressions: Methodological Details * Appendix
D: Robustness of the Results to Definitional Changes * Appendix E: Earning Potential
of Working Families * Appendix F: Limitations and Mechanics of Simulations Conducted
to Assess the Impact on (Working) Poverty of Increasing the Minimum Wage * Bibliography
PDF version of this report (1.2MB, 174 pages)
En français :
Lorsque
travailler ne suffit pas afin d'échapper à la pauvreté: une
analyse
de la pauvreté chez les travailleurs au Canada
Page
couverture
Table
des matières
Format
PDF (1,4Mo, 206 pages)
Links
to two more recent papers by the same authors:
(NOTE: these two texts are available
from the Policy
Research Initiative)
What
Does it mean to be Poor and Working?
• This paper discusses
the spending patterns and living conditions of working poor families in 2002,
using data from the Survey of Household Spending.
The
Other Face of Working Poverty
• This paper looks at low-income
Canadians who were active in the labour market in 2001 according to the number
of hours that they worked, using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.
----------------------------------
Social Security Statistics, Canada and Provinces
1978-79 to 2002-03
This is a goldmine of statistical information (beneficiary data and expenditure data) on current and defunct Canadian federal social programs, and even some on provincial/territorial programs.
This report offers 25 years
of longitudinal data on costs and numbers of beneficiaries for most programs -
over 100 tables - covering a large number of programs --- here's a partial list:
-
Child Tax Benefit, Family Allowances, the Child Tax Credit, Old Age Security/Guaranteed
Income Supplement/Spouse's Allowance ("The Allowance"), Federal Training
and Employment Programs, Federal Goods and Services Tax Credit, the Canada/Quebec
Pension Plans, War Veterans' and Civilian War Allowances, Veterans' and Civilians'
Disability Pensions, Unemployment/Employment Insurance, the Canada Assistance
Plan, Workers' Compensation, Youth Allowances, Social Assistance and Social Services
for Registered Indians --- and more...
Source:
Social
Policy Directorate
[ Social
Development Canada ]
Preface (short blurb only)
List
of Tables
[Read the Introductory notes at the top of the page and in
Appendix
A of this report for all methodological notes.]
"...Tables in
this report have been organized into two parts. Part I presents three Overview
Tables which illustrate the trends in social security expenditures by all levels
of government for Canada. Part II comprises Component Tables which provide data
on beneficiaries and expenditures for individual programs."
A
number of tables were removed from this edition of the Social Security Statistics
report, including some tables with info on Blind Persons'
Allowances, Disabled Persons' Allowances and Unemployed Assistance.
Check
older editions of this report for those data.
Many of the tables are historical and likely of little interest except to historians and CAP-o-philes --- they offer historical caseload and expenditure statistics on each of the CAP cost-sharing components (General Assistance - Homes for Special Care for Children and Adults - Child Welfare - Health Care - Other Welfare Services and Work Activity).
Scroll down the list of tables to find a particular program, then click on its name to access the HTML version of the table (the HTML page includes links to the PDF and Excel versions of the table).
You'll find
many key stats tables and some interesting analyses here - only a few of which
appear below
- includes links to over two dozen tables (Tables 352-911)
with info on federal contributions under the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP)
and the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) to the cost of provincial
and territorial welfare programs.
NOTE: for more info about CAP, the CHST
and the Canada Social Transfer (CST, which replaced the CHST in April 2004), see
the Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social
Transfer / Canada Social Transfer Resources page of this site.
A few sample tables:
Table
360 - Total Federal-Provincial Cost-Shared Program Expenditures, 1978-79 to 2002-03
NOTE:
Table 360 traces the evolution/devolution of transfers under the Canada Assistance
Plan (in dollars) from 1976 to 1999. No new claims were paid out under CAP after
the Canada Health and Social Transfer came into effect in April 1996; amounts
shown as CAP expenditures for the fiscal years after 1995-96 are final settlements
with each jurisdiction for all outstanding commitments by the federal government.
Table
361: Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) - Number of Beneficiaries of General Assistance
(including dependants), as of March 31, 1979 to 1996
- This is a key
table for research on welfare programs - welfare dependency statistics by jurisdiction
over the years. These are the final, definitive numbers.
Table
362 : Total Federal-Provincial Cost-Shared Expenditures for General Assistance,
by Province/Territory, 1978-79 to 1995-96
- this table should be of
special interest for welfare historians and number-crunchers - it shows exactly
when Canadian government spending on welfare (by the federal and provincial/territorial
governments) started looking a little fuzzier. When the feds imposed the cap on
CAP (max. 5% annual increase in total CAP payments) in Ontario, Alberta and BC
in the early 1990s, those three provinces stopped reporting how much of their
CAP dollars were going to welfare (vs. other CAP components covered under the
same federal contribution). Table 362 shows that as of 1991-92, the federal contribution
to those three provinces for General Assistance appears as "n/a" - so
it's been impossible to produce a national figure since then. Unless, of course,
one wanders over into the minefield of provincial government welfare statistics,
where welfare programs (and related expenditures) have undergone a major transformation.
If you *do* want to check out welfare stats for each Canadian jurisdiction, your
best starting point is the Key Welfare Links Page of this website - http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/welfare.htm
- which includes links to welfare stats in each province and territory where they're
available.
Table 434
Total
Federal Payments under CAP, 1978-79 to 1999-2000
[The note under
table 360 also applies to this table. ]
Table
438
Provincial
and Municipal Social Assistance Program Expenditures, 1980-81 to 2002-03
Table
526
Provincial and Territorial Children's Benefits and Earned Income Supplements,
Expenditures for Fiscal years 1978-79 to 2002-03
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*
Employment Insurance
The
Employment Insurance (EI) program provides temporary income support to those who
are between jobs; cannot work for reasons of sickness, childbirth, or parenting;
or who are providing care or support to a family member who is gravely ill with
a significant risk of death.
* Annual
EI Monitoring and Assessment Reports
* Annual Reports on the EI Premium Rate
and Maximum Insurable Earnings
* Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board
* EI Economic Regions
* EI Commission
* Employment Insurance Act and Regulations
|
EI-related links from Statistics Canada:
April
29, 2009
Payroll
employment, earnings and hours, February 2009
Non-farm payroll
employment fell by 79,600 in February, down 0.5% from a month earlier. Since it
peaked in October 2008, the number of payroll employees has declined by 2.0% or
296,000.
April 28, 2009
Employment
Insurance, February 2009
In February, the number of people receiving
regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits increased by 44,300 or 7.8% from January.
Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan experienced the strongest
increases.
[ Previous
release ]
Related subjects:
o Labour
o Employment
insurance, social assistance and other transfers
o Non-wage
benefits
History of Unemployment/Employment Insurance in Canada* History
of Unemployment Insurance (UI) --- Unemployment
Insurance / Employment Insurance Legislative History (PDF file - 49K,
4 pages) Source: *
NOTE: There are no links to these two reports because they are no longer available
on the HRSDC site. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employment
Insurance: What Reform Delivered (PDF file - 110K, 15 pages) |
*
Labour Program
"The
objective of the Labour Program is to promote a fair, safe, healthy, stable, cooperative
and productive work environment, which contributes to the social and economic
well-being of all Canadians."
Labour Market and Job Information From Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC): HRSDC
Labour ---------------------------------- Federal government job assistance links: Labour
Market Information Training, Career and Worker Information Job Bank Services
for Unemployed Youth ---------- Miscellaneous non-governmental job links: Workopolis - "Canada's Biggest jobsite" Jobrapido.ca
- international job search engine recently (early 2010) launched in
Canada; jobrapido.ca enables jobseekers to find jobs posted on all Canadian
websites in a single search. Search by type of
job or by location (city, province or postal code) Indeed.ca jobboom
(bilingual) AllStarJobs
Canada Bilingual
Link CareerSite canjobs.com - Your Canadian Employment Search network Jobs
in agriculture, horticulture, livestock, horses, etc. |
|
From Statistics Canada: StatCan
Tables by subject: Labour February 11, 2010 Labour
Force Survey Products and Services Canadian
Economic Observer - February 2010 * Sections: |
*
Youth
Employment Strategy Programs
"The Youth Employment Strategy (YES)
is the Government of Canada's commitment to help young people, particularly those
facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience
and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace."
*
Aboriginal Human
Resources Development Agreements
* Sector
Councils
* Canada
Education Savings Grant
* Canada
Student Loans Program
May
2007 Report of the Auditor General of Canada
Chapter
2. Federal
Loans and Grants for Post-Secondary Education—Human Resources and Social
Development Canada and Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Source:
Office
of the Auditor General of Canada
The
Government of Canada tables Canada Education Savings Act, creating the Canada
Learning Bond Related Links: Canada
Education Savings Grant (HRSDC) Returns
to college education: evidence from the 1990, 1995, and 2000 National Graduates
Survey
Returns to University Level Education: Variations Within Disciplines, Occupations
and Employment Sectors |
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Homelessness
Partnering Secretariat
Addressing homelessness is a challenge in all regions across Canada. The Homelessness
Partnering Strategy (HPS) is a community-based program that relies on communities
to determine their own needs and to develop appropriate projects.
The HPS works to prevent and reduce homelessness across
Canada through:
* investments in transitional and supportive housing
through a housing-first approach;
* support to community-based efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness;
* partnerships between the federal government, provinces, and territories;
and
* collaboration with other federal departments and agencies.
---
Call
for Proposals:
Research on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness
The Metropolis Project of Citizenship and Immigration
Canada, and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat of Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada are very happy to announce the launching of a joint
Call for Proposals for research that examines the intersection of Immigration,
Housing and Homelessness. Up to $275,000 will be delivered by the Homelessness
Partnering Secretariat for successful projects. We are seeking a better understanding
of housing outcomes as a key indicator of newcomer integration. This is a
priority area of both the Metropolis Project and the Homelessness Partnering
Secretariat.
[Click the link above to download the Call for Proposals, the application
form, and the budget notes in French and English from the Metropolis Project
web site.]
NOTA:
Cet Appel de propositions
est également disponible en français.
The call for proposals ended May 5, 2010 .
Related links:
* The Metropolis
Project
* Citizenship and Immigration Canada
* Homelessness
Partnering Secretariat
* Human Resources and Skills Development
Canada
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Miscellaneous
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Poor
children, day care top concerns for new social development minister
January
23, 2004
"Social Development Minister Liza Frulla says children are her
top concern but it's up to provinces, pushed by concerned parents, to take the
lead on programs such as day care."
(special focus on child care and child
poverty)
Source:
Canadaeast.com
| Policy
Briefings : Social Issues (PDF file - 230K, 6 pages) November 24, 2003 Content: - interview with Human Resources Development Canada Minister Jane Stewart ("Speed up childcare funds, says HRDC Minister Stewart; $935-million national childcare program needs ‘faster investment funding’) - Justice system contributes to new confidence: Minister Cauchon - Paul Martin, architect of social inequality? Yes, says MP Davies (NDP MP for Vancouver) Liberal B.C. government will cut people off welfare on April 1, 2004 - Canadian taxpayers deserve fair and honest EI program (by Brian Pallister, Alliance Party) - Social policy in the 21st Century : Parliament has a responsibility to protect our children through legislation (by Larry Spencer, former Alliance Party critic for family issues) - Canada’s aging population: Time for a plan of action (by Elsie Wayne, Conservative Party) - Renewal of the human sciences : The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council will help government, business and public institutions break through current barriers. Source: The Hill Times - "Canada's Politics and Government Newsweekly" |
| Remarks
by The Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development Canada,
on The 'Why', 'How' and 'What' of Social Policy Development in Canada at The Empire Club Toronto March 27 , 2003 This speech provides an overview of the mandate, themes, programs and clientele of Jane Stewart's Department, including : HRDC budget (Seventy billion dollars) - Canadian pension programs - the marriage of social and economic policy - a children's agenda for Canada - sustainability - social research and development - parental benefits - Canadians with disabilities, Aboriginal people, new immigrants - lifelong learning, active/passive balance in the development of good social policy - partnerships - responsiveness - early learning and childcare - child poverty - National Children's Agenda - National Child Benefit (including a reference to the NCBS clawback) - pulling down the welfare wall - and much more... Source : Social Development Canada [NOTE: At the time Jane Stewart was Minister, the Department was called Human Resources Development Canada.] |
Conference
on the ISSA Initiative : Strengthening the security in social security ISSA
Initiative : Strengthening the security in social security |
Government
of Canada Response to
"Listening to Canadians: A First View of the Future
of the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program"
The Fifth Report
of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development and the Status of Persons
with Disabilities
November 2003
Complete
report (HTML)
Complete
report (PDF file - 636K, 60 pages)
Related Links:
Listening
to Canadians: A First View of the Future of the Canada Pension Plan Disability
Program
June 2003
House of Commons Sub-Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
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