Publications - links to departmental reports, discussion papers, health plans, etc.

News Releases - 1996 to date, by year

 

Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency

Income Support Assistance (PDF- 13K, 1 page)
- monthly number of cases (households) and recipients, 1992 to latest month, updated monthly

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Historical Health and Welfare Statistics
of Newfoundland and Labrador
HTML table of contents with links to the individual chapters in PDF format
PDF (18.7MB, 318 pages)
Table of Contents:
Foreword and Preface - Population and Vital Statistics - Health and Welfare* - Labour Force - Wages and Working Conditions - Education - Gross Provincial Product and Personal Income - Provincial Government Finance - Banking and Finance - Price Indexes - Agriculture - Fisheries - Forestry - Mining - Manufacturing - Investment - Construction and Housing - Transportation - Communications - Electric Power - Trade and Services - Politics and Government - Justice
*Health and Welfare (PDF file - 504K, 11 pages) - includes (among other stats) social assistance statistics from 1951 to 1969

Newfoundland and Labrador Market Basket Measure (NLMBM) December 2009 Thanks to an anonymous newsletter subscriber for pointing out that Newfoundland and Labrador's new customized Market Basket Measure doesn't appear on the Antipoverty Links page of this website. In my haste to share the link to the First Progress Report on the NL Poverty Reduction Strategy (PDF - 4MB, 76 pages, December 2009) last week, I skimmed past the section on the NLMBM in that report. According to my subscriber's email, "... NL has developed their own variation on the market basket measure, the NLMBM, which uses tax data rather than surveys, and therefore purports to capture the entire population. They've also developed a NLMBM of Housing Affordability. Part of what's interesting is that they've got gender analysis embedded in the NLMBM data that's being developed - not a claim that can be made about any of the other poverty measures." --- I can't find any technical information on the NLMBM online at this point in time (Dec. 22/09), but I've pulled together a few tidbits of information from NL reports that might pique your curiosity if you're interested in poverty measurement. The Newfoundland and Labrador Market Basket Measure (NLMBM): In the 2006 Action Plan: [ Reducing Poverty: An Action Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador (PDF file - 1.6MB, 60 pages), 2006] ...a commitment was made to improve capacity to measure and track progress in poverty reduction. [Excerpts] A major innovation has been the development of the Newfoundland and Labrador Market Basket Measure (NLMBM). This new measure uses a similar approach to the federal government's Market Basket Measure (MBM). Like the MBM, it compares the incomes of families to the cost of a basket of goods and services necessary to live a productive and socially inclusive life. Unlike the MBM and all other available measures of low-income that use surveys to estimate low-income levels, the NLMBM uses tax-filer data and other sources to provide more accurate income and expense information for all tax-filers. This allows for the reporting of low-income levels in communities and neighbourhoods, as well as results for other subgroups such as different age groups or family types. This is important because it allows for the tracking of progress for different parts of the province as well as for different vulnerable groups so that it can be ensured that PRS is working for all. The NLMBM is available on Community Accounts [ www.communityaccounts.ca] The NLMBM is developed and maintained by the Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency. In future years, NLMBM depth, persistence and other indicators of low income will be reported as they become available. NOTE: For more info on the NLMBM, see Appendix II of the first progress report (PDF - 4MB, 76 pages, December 2009) or request information from povertyreduction@gov.nl.ca --- MAY 20 (2010) UPDATE: The N&L Market Basket Measure was released in January 2010 into the Community Accounts [ www.communityaccounts.ca] data. On the Community Accounts page, the NL MBM shows as the “Incidence of Low Income” under the “Income, Consumption & Leisure” accounts. For most geographies it can be broken down by family type. Currently available for 2005. Newfoundland and Labrador Market Basket Measure Maps are presented by Rural Secretariat Region. These maps show incidence of low income for communities by Rural Secretariat Region. They also display a Remoteness Index which is a spacial measurement of access to essential government and community services. Related link: Newfoundland and Labrador Poverty Reduction Strategy The Poverty Reduction Strategy is a Government-wide approach to transform Newfoundland and Labrador from a province with the most poverty to one with the least over a ten year period. The strategy includes initiatives and programs which target the groups most vulnerable to poverty. - includes * Poverty Reduction Initiatives * Guiding Principles * Documents and News Releases * Partner Departments and Agencies Source: Human Resources, Labour and Employment

 

Department of Finance

- incl. links to : Minister - Branches/Divisions - Budget 2003 - Fuel Tank Replacement Program - Home Heating Fuel Rebate - Economy - Statistics - News Releases - Publications - Taxes - Tax Credits, Incentives & Benefits - Statutes & Regulations - Pensions Administration Division

News Releases - 1996 to date, by year

Publications On-Line - links to all budgets, throne speeches, special reports, etc.

 

Newfoundland and Labrador Budget 2010: The Right Investments – For Our Children and Our Future March 29, 2010 - main budget page, incl. the following budget papers: Budget Speech Budget Highlights "(...)Investments in Poverty Reduction: * Total investment of $134 million this year, a total of $482.7 million since 2006. * $2.5 million to increase the income thresholds under the Newfoundland and Labrador Prescription Drug Program Access Plan, a total investment of $139.6 million. * $310,000 to enhance the Family Justice Services Division. * $519,000 for the continuation of the Family Violence Intervention Court. * $2.4 million in funding for the Supportive Living Community Partnership Initiative, doubling the amount of $1.2 million provided last year. * $125,000 to provide community-based supports for Inuit women in Labrador to receive guidance on how to make the most of the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Aboriginal Training Initiative, Victim Services and emerging economic activities. * $100,000 in sustaining funding for the Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network. * Investment of $6.8 million this year in the federal-provincial Affordable Housing Program to build an additional 230 rental housing units for seniors, persons with disabilities and persons requiring supportive services. * $17.6 million and leveraging additional federal funds to modernize more than 2,300 housing units. * An additional $1.4 million to raise the Housing Corporation’s annual maintenance budget to $10.2 million. * Providing $1.2 million to raise the heating allowance for the Housing Corporation’s low-income tenants. * $70,000 in additional funding for transitional employment support services for victims of violence and $44,000 in additional funding for Women’s Centres. * $200,000 for the continuation of the Home Heating Oil Tank Storage Replacement Assistance Program." Estimates The Economy News Releases - click this link to access the following releases: * Budget 2010: The Right Investments – For Our Children and Our Future * Strengthening the Economy for a Prosperous Future: $1 Billion Slated for Infrastructure Spending in Budget 2010 * A Secure Future through Education: Budget 2010 Invests in Our Children and Youth * Business Expansion and Positive Dividends for Future Generations Targeted in Budget 2010 * Budget 2010: The Right Investments to Strengthen Provincial Healthcare * For Children, Youth and Families – Budget 2010 Positions New Department for Change and Revitalization * Building a Solid Foundation: Budget 2010 Continues Substantial Investments in Education Infrastructure * Managing Our Natural Resources – For Our Children and Our Future * Seniors, Small Business and Others to Benefit from Tax Relief Measures * Long-Term Care and Community Supports Strengthened Through Budget 2010 * Making the Right Investments to Support Self-Reliance * Securing Labrador’s Future through the Northern Strategic Plan Budgets for previous years Source: Department of Finance Related links: Newfoundland and Labrador cuts taxes in deficit budget March 29, 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador will run a deficit in the coming fiscal year, even though it will also cut taxes for many wage earners, the finance minister said Monday. Tom Marshall unveiled a budget that increases spending in many government programs, including an ambitious infrastructure program designed to shore up the province's economy against the ravages of the international recession. The broad-ranging budget includes record spending on health care and a new focus on child welfare. On the business side, it boasts tax cuts that the government says are necessary to lure new professionals and stay competitive with the other Atlantic provinces. Source: CBC Newfoundland and Labrador NOTE: On this page, you'll find information about the latest provincial budget only. To avoid unnecessary duplication of budget links on multiple pages, I've moved links to all earlier budgets over to the pages below, organized by fiscal year. The pages below include links to media analysis and selected critique from NGOs on the budgets, and the amount of coverage varies across jurisdictions and over the years. Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2010 Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2009 Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2008 Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2007 Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2006 Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2005 Go to Canadian Government Budgets 2004

House of Assembly
Includes links to:
* Home
* Proceedings
* Members
* Legislation
* Publications
* Offices
* Management Commission
* Public Education & Outreach
* Contact Us

Department of Justice
- incl. links to : Minister - About Us - Legislation - Publications - News Releases - FAQs - Links

News Releases - 1996 to date, by year

Department of Education

News Releases - 1996 to date, by year

Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs

News Releases - 1996 to date, by year

Executive Council

Royal Commission on Renewing & Strengthening our Place in Canada
2002-2003
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
"The Royal Commission will consult with Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to develop a broad consensus on a vision for the future which will identify ways to achieve prosperity and self-reliance."
- incl. links to : About the Commission - Research - News Releases - Consultations - Resources - Contact Us

No to Separation! No to Status Quo!
News Release
July 2, 2003
Executive Council
"The Royal Commission on 'Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada' today released its report to the public. It calls for a renewed partnership between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Canada as the foundation for its Pathway to Renewal."

Royal Commission Final Report and Executive Summary - incl. links to the complete final report and to individual chapters, all in PDF format.
Vous y trouverez même une version française du rapport sommaire!(format PDF - 1,7Mo., 46 pages)

Research Papers - over two dozen papers (all in PDF format) written for this Royal Commission, covering a variety of themes, all relating to Newfoundland and Labrador and its place in Canada.
Complete Final Report (PDF file - 4MB, 224 pages)

Consultation Document (PDF file - 564K, 14 pages)
September 4, 2002

Royal Commission releases Research and Consultation Plan
September 4, 2002
"The mandate of the Royal Commission is to conduct a critical assessment of Newfoundland and Labrador’s strengths and weaknesses and to bring forward recommendations as to how they can renew and strengthen their place in Canada."

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Council of Atlantic Premiers
This web site provides information on:
* the Council of Atlantic Premiers (CAP),
* the Council of Maritime Premiers (CMP), and
* the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP)
The website also provides convenient online access to Council publications, employee contact information, and to regional agencies and organizations as well as providing information on Working Together for Atlantic Canada: An Action Plan for Regional Co-operation.

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Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat

Women's Policy Office

- incl. links to:
* * Home
* Gender Based Analysis
* Violence Prevention Initiative
* Aboriginal Women
* Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women (PACSW)
* Regional Status of Women Councils
* Organizations Promoting the Status of Women
* Women in Municipal Government
* Statistics

* Publications
* News Releases
* About the Office
* Links
* Respect Women Campaign
* Violence Prevention Initiative
* Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women
* Multicultural Women’s Organization of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC)

Media Releases


Office of the Auditor-General

Reports of the Auditor General to the House of Assembly

Other Newfoundland and Labrador Sites - Autres sites de Terre-Neuve et Labrador

(The links below are more or less in reverse chronological order, except where they're not.)

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May 2009 Tracing a Path from the Past to the Future Newfoundland and Labrador (PDF - 652K, 49 pages) By Fran Locke with Penelope Rowe, Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador Source: Poverty Reduction Policies and Programs Social Development Report Series, 2009 Source: Canadian Council on Social Development NOTE: To avoid duplication as much as possible, I've moved poverty reduction links for Newfoundland and Labrador to the Anti-poverty Strategies and Campaigns page of this site: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm

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What's new from the
Caledon Institute of Social Policy:

Newfoundland and Labrador:
Innovative Strategies in Government-Community Collaboration (PDF - 85K, 9 pages)
By Fran Locke, Penelope Rowe and Anne Makhoul
April 2009
An ambitious experiment, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Strategic Social Plan (SSP) – unveiled in 1998 – called for involvement of the voluntary, community-based sector and citizens in policy formulation. Dismantled in 2004, it also provided the foundation for Newfoundland and Labrador’s current Rural Secretariat and its celebrated Community Accounts database.

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New from
GPI Atlantic:

11,000 Atlantic millionaires and 77,000 households
mired in debt: Rich-poor gap grows as region loses wealth
September 2008
Press Release
A new report entitled Financial Security and Debt in Atlantic Canada examines trends in household wealth since the 1980s—in Canada as a whole and in the Atlantic region. In particular, it looks at trends in wealth distribution, including Atlantic Canada’s share of national wealth and in the portion of wealth owned by the top, middle and lower wealth groups.

Financial Security and Debt in Atlantic Canada
September 2008
By Kimberley Tran and Ronald Colman
Complete report (PDF - 7.1MB, 136 pages)

Source:
GPI Atlantic
GPIAtlantic is an independent, non-profit research and education organization committed to the development of the Genuine Progress Index (GPI) – a new measure of sustainability, wellbeing and quality of life.

Related link:

Poverty issue still percolating
Editorial
September 8, 2008
The latest report from GPI Atlantic on poverty in the region reaches back 21?2 millennia to quote Aristotle’s observation that “revolutions arise from inequalities.” That’s followed with a more contemporary reference to 2005 riots in France, “a poignant reminder of the potential consequences of marginalizing the poorest households.”
Source:
The Cape Breton Post

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2007 provincial election: Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007 - from the CBC - incl. links to the following articles: * Former minister calls Liberal collapse 'catastrophic' * Efford keeping keen eye on Liberal leadership * Williams leads Tory landslide in N.L. * Heartbreak for Liberals as Grit vote collapses * Humber West voters love Williams * Liberal Leader Reid loses home district by 7 votes * NDP Leader Michael alone again * Tories defy energy critics in Labrador * Metro St. John's still blue

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Welfare to Work: The Next Generation
A National Forum
November 16 – 18, 2003
"[Government] welfare to work strategies raise many critical issues related to assumptions about income support recipients and the labour market, program goals, political and ideological factors, program design, performance, social and economic impacts, labour force skills, and education. (...) In response to these issues, the Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador hosted a national forum dealing with topics including: innovative and empowering approaches to employment; shifting community and policy cultures; and approaches to the new social economy in Quebec. (...) The Forum gathered participants from all Canadian provinces and territories, the United States and the United Kingdom who represented federal, provincial and territorial governments, academic and research institutions, community-based and advocacy organizations."
UPDATE - February 2, 2004:
Profiles, Papers and Presentations (abstracts / Powerpoint presentations / complete papers)
- links to 40+ papers and presentations from the Welfare to Work Forum are now available for download - includes keynote speeches, transcripts of sessions, powerpoint presentations and more.
Source:
Community Services Council
of Newfoundland and Labrador

Related Link:

Welfare to Work Study
King's College (University of Western Ontario)
Caroline A. Gorlick, Ph.D/Associate Professor, King's College, is the principal investigator of this research project and Guy Brethour is the research associate/coordinator.

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The Dynamics of Welfare Participation in Newfoundland: 1986-1998
April 1999
Source:
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

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Dictionary of Newfoundland English Online
This is for real - I played with it until I was all cowed out; I needed to keel out for a spell on the settle... 

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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) 
ACOA  is a federal government agency headquartered in the Atlantic Region. ACOA's goal is to improve the economy of Atlantic Canadian communities through the successful development of business and job opportunities. 

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Another Look at Welfare Reform (Autumn 1997) - an in-depth analysis by the National Council of Welfare of changes in Canadian welfare programs in the 1990s. The report focuses on the provincial and territorial reforms that preceded the repeal of the Canada Assistance Plan and those that followed the implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer.  - large file (300K+) but well worth the wait for detailed information on welfare reforms in the 1990s in each Canadian jurisdiction, as well as a national overview of the broad issues of welfare reform and the setting for welfare reform in Canada Source : National Council of Welfare

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Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
"The Community Services Council is a leading independent, voluntary, community-based charitable organization dedicated to social development in Newfoundland and Labrador. A force for social change, the CSC seeks innovative approaches to promoting social and economic well-being in our province."
- excellent collection of resources for the voluntary sector!  

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St. John's Evening Telegram
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (includes many reports and studies on CPP, transfer payments, UI reforms, pensions, the fishery, etc.) 
Memorial University School of Social Work
St. John's InfoNET
Social Agencies in St. John's