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April
4, 2009
NOTE: This page hasn't been updated in several years, and
many of the links are dead.
BUT if you do find a dead link, select and copy
the title of the report or other file you're seeking and paste the title into
the Google.ca search engine.
It works suprisingly often, in my experience...
I'm
keeping this page alive (accesible) mostly for archive purposes.
Gilles
| Provincial-territorial government pages on the National Child Benefit and the Social Union: For specific information about a particular jurisdiction, click on its name below - you'll be taken taken further down on this page. Newfoundland
- Prince Edward Island - Nova
Scotia - New Brunswick - Quebec
- Ontario- Manitoba - Saskatchewan
- Alberta - British Columbia
- Yukon - Northwest Territories
- Nunavut |
Go directly to Federal, Provincial and Territorial
Intergovernmental Affairs Departments' websites
|
Related
Canadian Social Research Links page: Council of the
Federation |
Canadian
Social Policy Renewal and
The National Child Benefit (PDF file
- 443K, 30 pages)
By Bill Warriner
Fall 2005
Source:
The
Scholar Series
[ Saskatchewan
Institute of Public Policy ]
[ University
of Regina ]
Province
Hosts Round Table Meetings On Social Union Framework Agreement See the Unofficial Social Union Page (national) page for more on the SUFA Three-Year Review |
National
Child Benefit
- A unique partnership of the Government of Canada, Provinces and Territories
and First Nations
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 is from
the Social Union website,
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.
| An Oldie Goldie... Income
Security for Children: A Supplementary Paper
- 111K, 25 pages
Related Links : Improving
Social Security in Canada : A Discussion Paper Reforming the Canada
Assistance Plan: A Supplementary Paper (1994)
- 121K, 46 pages |
Challenge
to the Clawback of the
National Child Benefit Supplement -
involving both the Ontario and federal governments
December 10, 2004
"Today
the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC), the Centre for Equality Rights in
Accommodation (CERA) and the Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCPI), have
formally launched a legal challenge to the clawback of the National Child Benefit
Supplement from families on social assistance. The Applicants are three single
parents who have been struggling on OW or ODSP to make ends meet, without the
benefit of the NCBS. They live in Timmins, Port Colborne and Toronto. Counsel
for this application are Kate Stephenson from WeirFoulds and Cynthia Wilkey from
ISAC. Both the Federal Government and the Province of Ontario will be served today
with an Application under Rule 14 claiming that the Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Agreement to claw back the NCBS and the Regulations that implement the clawback
in Ontario violate both s.7 and s.15 of the Charter."
Press
Release (Word doc., size 88 kb)
Backgrounder
(Word doc., size 31 kb)
Source:
Ontario
Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO)
Related Links:
- Income
Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
- Centre
for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA)
- Charter
Committee on Poverty Issues
Related article:
Activists
fighting welfare cheque clawback
Call on McGuinty to end deduction of benefit
Threaten
Ontario with constitutional challenge
November 18, 2004
"When
the rent is $775 and total income is $1,334, an extra $226 would make a huge difference.That's
the extra benefit the federal government pays each month to Toronto's Dave Lance,
24 and the father of 2 1/2-year-old twin boys. And that's the amount the Ontario
government deducts each month from his welfare payment. The clawback has been
controversial since the national child benefit program was introduced by the federal
government in 1997 with the stated objective of preventing and reducing child
poverty. While all Ontario families with an income of less than $22,615 receive
the national child benefit supplement of $126 a month for the first child and
decreasing amounts for subsequent children, only working families are allowed
to keep it. Parents on social assistance or a disability pension are out of luck
Municipalities across Ontario have called for an end to the clawback and Premier
Dalton McGuinty, while in opposition, promised he'd get rid of it. Now, a year
after McGuinty was elected, anti-poverty advocates say it's time he kept his word.And
if he doesn't, they warn, they'll take legal action.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Human
Resources and Employment initiatives to support low income families in 2002-03
March
2003
Backgrounder
"An increase in the Newfoundland and Labrador Child
Benefit and the expansion of the Support Applications Program are the latest initiatives
of the Department of Human Resources and Employment’s ongoing priority to
improve supports for families with children. Over the last fiscal year, HRE has
implemented a number of programs, services and policies to better meet the needs
of families in Newfoundland and Labrador."
New
initiatives to benefit low income families with children
News Release
March
27, 2003
"...Five additional support application workers will be added
to the current 15 who deliver the Support Application Program [assist parents
to secure appropriate child support from absent partners] in the province. (...)
The other initiative is an adjustment to the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
(NLCB) to increase the benefit rate for the first child by $12 annually to $216
from $204."
Government
to invest $500,000 in child nutrition
News Release
March 27, 2003
"...Budget
2003 is contributing $500,000 to the Kids Eat Smart Foundation. This will assist
the foundation in their program of starting and sustaining breakfast, lunch and
snack programs in schools and community centres throughout our province."
Minister
applauds federal government’s commitment to children and low-income families
News
Release
October 1, 2002
Human Resources and Employment
"Ralph Wiseman,
Minister of Human Resources and Employment, today applauded the Government of
Canada’s long-term commitment to support low-income families as outlined
in yesterday’s Speech from the Throne. The Government of Newfoundland and
Labrador is fully committed to ongoing actions on the issue of child poverty and
continues to make these programs a priority."
- scroll to the bottom of
the news release to find...
Backgrounder : Key Highlights of the Government
of Newfoundland and Labrador’s initiatives to address child poverty in the
province (incl. NCB and ECD initiatives)
National
Child Benefit Progress Report released
June 4, 2002
Changes
to NLCB help low income families
March 21, 2002
"For the
second consecutive year, low income families with children will be able to earn
more money and still qualify for the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit (NLCB)."
Government committed
to reducing child poverty in province
December 7, 2001
- includes
a brief snapshot of almost a dozen initiatives to address child poverty - social
assistance redesign, the Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit, Early Childhood
Development and other health and literacy programs for children
Families to receive increase in Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
June 29, 2001
$36.6
million for early childhood development initiatives
June 18, 2001
Ministerial Statement
- Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
May 24, 2001
"...more
families will be eligible for the full benefit, the income level at which the
partial benefit ceases will be higher, and overall more families will receive
full or partial coverage..."
Newfoundland
and Labrador Child Benefit (NLCB) - under the National Child Benefit initiative
National
Child Benefit Progress Report - (Minister's Statement) - May 1, 2001
From the 2001-2002 Budget - March 22, 2001:
-
NLCB increase good
news for low income families
- Early
Childhood Development a priority for government
Minister
pleased with release of National Children’s Agenda Report - Municipal and
Provincial Affairs
June 23, 2000
Single
Parent Employment Support Program - Backgrounder
March
22, 2000
Investing
in people remains top priority
March 22, 2000
Department
of Human Resources and Employment Minister's Statement on the Single Parent Employment
Support Program
November 30, 1999
Newfoundland
and Labrador Child Benefit - Statement by the Minister of Human Resources
and Employment
May 25, 1999
Help
for low income families
May 25, 1999
Single
Parent Employment Support Program and Women Interested in Successful Employment
May 19,1999
The
National Child Benefit Progress Report: 1999 Ministerial Statement
May 17, 1999
Statement
of the Minister of Health and Community Services concerning the National Children's
Agenda Vision paper
May 10, 1999
Federal,
provincial and territorial governments launch dialogue process for National Children's
Agenda
May 7, 1999
$1.25
million Funding for Family Resource Centres and Family Home Child Care Agencies
March 31, 1999
Minister
announces income support and employment initiatives
March
22, 1999 - includes info about Extended Drug Card Coverage (NCB Reinvestment)
Good
progress in social union negotiations
January 12,
1999
Drug
card coverage provides support to low income families entering work force
October 1998
Province
unveils poster symbolizing efforts to reduce child poverty
June
1998
New
funds for National Child Benefit
May 25, 1998 -
includes 1998 welfare reform information
National
Child Benefit (Minister's Statement, April 6/98)
Program
helps single parents prepare for employment
September
28, 1998
Government
reinvesting $10.15 million in children and families
March
1998
Minister
announces new income support and employment initiatives
March
26, 1998
..................................................................................................
Newfoundland
and Labrador SUFA Mobility Reports
- incl. links to 2001 and 2002
reports
..................................................................................................
Prince Edward Island
Helping
our children through community research in Prince Edward Island (November
15, 2001)
Premier's
Council on Healthy Child Development Releases First Annual Report (November
15, 2001)
For
Our Children: A Strategy for Healthy Child Development
Family
Health Benefit Program
Province
increases assistance to families with prescription drug costs
May 1, 2001
Prince
Edward Island participates in National Children's Agenda
May
10, 1999
Province
Introduces New Programs for Children and Families
June
1998
.................................................
PEI
SUFA Mobility Report
.................................................
Nova Scotia
Nova
Scotians Receiving Full National Child Benefit (December 13, 2002)
Province
Announces Early Childhood Funding (November 27, 2001)
Family
Assistance Program (August 27, 2001)
The National Child Benefit
in Nova Scotia
Early
Childhood Development Strategy For Nova Scotia
Child
Care Funding Review Released (June 22, 2001)
Strategy
for Early-Childhood Development Released (May 9, 2001)
Children
and Families - Budget Bulletin (Nova
Scotia Budget 2001-02) (March 29, 2001) - Early Childhood Development Program
- Nova Scotia Child Benefit - Support for children with special needs
The
National Child Benefit in Nova Scotia 2000-2001
Increase in Nova
Scotia Child Benefit (July 6, 2000)
Budget
Bulletin - The National Child Benefit in Nova Scotia (June 4, 1998)
New Child Benefit for Low-income
Families (October 23,1998)
.............................................................................................................................
Nova
Scotia SUFA Mobility Reports (from Intergovernmental
Affairs)
.............................................................................................................................
Prenatal
Benefit Program launched - Jan. 17, 2002
This program is one of the
initiatives included in the Early Childhood Development Agenda.
Launch of Children's Support Program - Dec. 12, 2001 (...one of seven initiatives
of the Early Childhood Development Agenda (ECD) which will invest about $50 million
in New Brunswick children over the next five years).
Budget
estimates - Family and Community Services - April 10, 2001
Early
Childhood Development Agenda - Backgrounders
-
incl. links to : Child Witnesses of Family Violence - Community Capacity Building
for Children and Families - Early Language Program for Preschool Children - Enhanced
Child Day Care Services - Enhancements to Early Childhood Initiatives - Excellence
in Parenting - Prenatal Benefit Program
Here's
how the New Brunswick government is investing in families (PDF
file - 300K, 2 pages)
Alternative
child care assistance helps parents care for children (July 26, 1999)
What
is the National Child Benefit?
......................................................................................................................
New
Brunswick SUFA Mobility Reports
......................................................................................................................
From IRPP
Policy Matters : (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)
• Le
modèle québécois de politiques sociales et ses interfaces
avec l’union sociale canadienne (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 : Institute
for Research on Public Policy
Commission
of Fiscal Imbalance (Government of Quebec) - incl. links to the Commission's
report released March 7, 2002
"The Québec government set up
the Commission of Fiscal Imbalance on May 9, 2001, to
identify and analyze the basic causes of the fiscal imbalance between the federal
government and Québec and to invite and collect opinions and suggestions
from experts and stakeholders in Québec and elsewhere regarding the practical
consequences of this imbalance and concrete solutions to put forward to correct
it."
Bibliography
- over 40 links to information (much of which is in English) by a variety of authors
on CHST, CAP, Equalization, federal-provincial-territorial fiscal arrangements,
transfer payments and economic and social policy issues.
An International
Symposium on Fiscal imbalance that was to have been held in Québec
City on September 13 and 14, 2001 was cancelled due to the events of September
11. The Symposium page includes links to the program and to notes from over a
dozen presenters from 9 countries - some of which are extensive treatises of fiscal
federalism and fiscal equilibrium.
Commission
Publications - includes links to information on intergovernmental fiscal arrangments
in Germany, Australia, Belgium, Spain, United States and Switzerland and three
background papers, for example...
Federal
Transfer Programs to the Provinces – Background Paper for public
consultation (PDF file - 208K, 49 pages) --- CHST-Equalization
QUÉBEC'S
HISTORICAL POSITION ON THE FEDERAL SPENDING POWER 1944-1998 (PDF
file - 160K, 42 pages)
Secrétariat aux Affaires intergouvernementales
canadiennes
Direction des
politiques institutionnelles et constitutionnelles
Ministère
du Conseil exécutif
July 1998
Family
Benefits
The Québec government has 2 types
of allowances to help families:
The
Family allowance
The family allowance is intended
to cover the basic needs* of children under age 18 in low-income families,
taking into account the Canada Child Tax Benefit. The family allowance
paid by the Québec government and the Canada Child Tax Benefit (paid by
the federal government) complement one another.
*
"These are needs from a taxation point of view: 3 900 $ for the first child
in a single-parent family, 2 600 $ for the first child in a two-parent family,
and 2 400 $ for each subsequent child, regardless of family type."
NOTE
to National Child Benefit analysts : the family allowance component of Family
Assistance Allowances replaces the children's portion of Employment Assistance
(welfare).
The
Allowance for handicapped children
The allowance
for handicapped children is for children who have an impairment or developmental
disorder that significantly limits them in their daily activities for a period
expected to last at least one year.
Not available in English:
Entente-cadre
sur l'union sociale : Analyses des experts (1999 - collection of 8 studies
on the Social Union)
- See Documents
institutionnels et constitutionnels
(Secrétariat
aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes)
[Gouvernement
du Québec]
Ontario
NOTE
:
On the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social
Services
News Releases page, you can access government releases back to 2001.
Eves
Government makes record investments to help children and families in 2002
News
Release
December 31, 2002
"Unprecedented investments aimed at improving
services for children and families are among the key achievements celebrated by
Brenda Elliott, Ontario's Minister of Community, Family and Children's Services
today. In an annual review of the ministry's significant accomplishments, the
opening of 42 Ontario Early Years Centres as well as a landmark investment in
autism treatment for children demonstrates that the Ernie Eves government cares
about and has made children and their families a priority."
- includes
a backgrounder of accomplishments over the preceding year
Source : Ministry
of Community and Social Services
Ontario's 2001 Report on Mobility under the Social Union Framework
The
Early Childhood Development Initiative: A Vision for Early Childhood Development
Services in Ontario (PDF file - 10 pages, 229KB)
April 9, 2001 - from
Ontario Campaign 2000
Ontario’s
spending for regulated child care, 1942-2001
See also Policy
developments in Ontario, Fall 2001 for links to 9 articles, backgrounders
and press releases on cuts to child care in Ontario.
Source : Childcare
Resource and Research Unit
Single
Parents To Receive Enhanced Child Care Benefits
July
23, 2000 - Ministry of Finance
History
and vision: Blending child care and early childhood education
Martha
Friendly (Childcare Resource and Research Unit - Centre for Urban and Community
Studies, University of Toronto)
June 2000 - SPR Monograph
(20 pages)
Harris
Government launches Ontario's Early Years Centres and Early Years Plan
- (CFCS)
May 10, 2001 - "... a $114 million investment
in programs and services to support young children and their families"
Reaching
Every Child : Ontario's Early Years Vision (CFCS)
Backgrounder - includes detailed information on provincial government spending
on a wide range of initiatives for families and children, from the Ontario's Early
Years Plan to Services for Children with Autism, Children’s Mental Health - Early
Years Capital - Injury and Family Abuse Prevention - Early Years Challenge Fund
- Expansion of Early Literacy Agenda - Perinatal and Child Health Survey - and
much, much more...
National
Child Benefit Reinvestment 2000 : Second Annual Ontario/ Municipal Report
Ditto for this link: National
Child Benefit Reinvestment : 1999 Ontario Municipal Report - Details from
across Ontario on Municipal National Child Benefit Reinvestment Strategies
|
More
Help for Working Families Through Enhanced Child Care Supplement
December
6, 1999
Increased
Funding for Early Childhood Development - April 26, 2001
"...increasing
funding to create a comprehensive approach to provide support to families in the
‘early years’..."
- incl. child care centres and family
child care homes - pass-on of the National Child Benefit Supplement - the Baby
First Program - Parent-Child Centred Activities - Early Start
Child
Day Care Here, Manitoba families can find out if they may be eligible for
subsidized care in a licensed child care facility in Manitoba. They can also register
as an online user, allowing them to fill out and submit a subsidy application
online.
Manitoba
Introduces Unique Prenatal Benefit Program - April 17, 2001
Budget
Supports Families, Strengthens Communities April 10, 2001 [2001-2002
Manitoba Budget]
"...completely ending the claw-back
of the National Child Benefit for hundreds of families on income assistance with
children aged six and under...
Government
Restores Increase to the National Child Benefit Supplement
Province
Fulfils Promise to Phase Out "Clawback" (Eff. August 1)
July
27, 2000
Family
Services and Housing Minister to Chair Ministerial Council
Press
Release
October 21, 1999
Increased
Spending to Enhance Programs, Services for Children and Youth
National
Child Benefit Reinvestments Support Lower-income Families
July
23, 1999
Province
Releases ChildrenFirst Status Report
May 31, 1999
$1.5
Million More Announced for Training
October 1998
Manitoba
Invests in Children and Families
June 1998
Manitoba
to Invest in Children and Youth: Province Surpasses the National Child Benefit
To Invest in Manitoba's Future
March 1998
Investing
in Children and Youth a Priority
March 1998
Manitoba
Reaffirms Commitment to National Child Benefit
January
1997
Saskatchewan
Program
offers children a better start
April 4, 2001
Saskatchewan
Child Benefit (SCB)
Saskatchewan
Employment Supplement (SES)
Family
Health Benefits
Reducing
Child Poverty
June 8, 2001
A study by the Canadian Council on Social
Development (CCSD) provides more evidence that Saskatchewan's Building Independence
program reduces child poverty.
Saskatchewan's
Action Plan for Children
Increased
Employment Supplement Benefits
June 1, 2001
Social Services Minister Harry Van Mulligen today announced increases to the Saskatchewan
Employment Supplement
New Funding
for Special Needs Children
May 31, 2001
Social
Services Minister Harry Van Mulligen announced today the new funding will be provided
under the provincial government's KidsFirst initiative
Program Offers Children a Better Start
April
4, 2001
Children
benefit from Provincial Budget
March 30, 2001
Employment
Supplement Numbers Growing (Saskatchewan Social Services)
December
11, 2000
Children
Benefit from Federal-Provincial Agreement (Early Childhood Development)
September 12, 2000
Saskatchewan
takes action for children and Aboriginal youth in conjunction with the Social
Union Framework Agreement (December 17, 1999)
Families
Benefit from Phase Two of the National Child Benefit (Saskatchewan Social
Services)
May 14, 1999
Family
Health Benefits help low income families (Saskatchewan Health)
April 7, 1999
$13.7
Million Announced for Saskatchewan's Children (Saskatchewan Social Services)
April 7, 1999
New
Family Health Benefits Available - (Saskatchewan Health)
Aug.
18, 1998
Alberta
National
Child Benefit
Alberta
Child Health Benefit
- Evaluation
of the Alberta Child Health Benefit (October 2001)
Working
parents leaving SFI keep health benefits (Oct. 30,
2002)
Protection
of children involved in prostitution
Supports
for Independence earnings exemption increase for families (November 14, 2001)
- incl. funding under the NCB
Alberta
Supports Low-Income Families Through the National Child Benefit
July 30,
2001
- includes a detailed backgrounder with rate calculation information
Alberta
families benefit from the National Child Benefit
May
01, 2001
Alberta
supports low-income families through National Child Benefit
July
20, 2000
- incl. information on Alberta reinvestments
under the NCB
Alberta
Boosts Spending on Children's Health, Daycare and Housing
July
19, 1999
Alberta
Children’s Forum will set priorities for improving the lives of children and families
July 6, 1999
Alberta
Child Health Benefit Expands
May 11, 1999
Alberta
in Forefront of National Children's Agenda
May 7,
1999
More
subsidies for child care
March 1999
Welfare Benefits
Adjusted for Higher Rent Costs
February 1999
British Columbia
NOTE
: Most of the BC Government links to NCB information are no longer active (new
govt. since June 2001, websites are changing...) - that's why some of the text
below has no links
Go to the Ministry
of Human Resources Home Page and browse or try doing a search.
BC Family Bonus (from the Ministry of Provincial Revenue)
BC Family Bonus and Earned Income Benefit
Family Bonus Benefit - from the BC Benefits Policy Manual
BC did have a really good collection of NCB information on their site...
Children's health and development adviser named - January 19, 2001
THE
VIEW FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA on the National Child Benefit (NCB) and Child
Poverty
- BC's NCB page - News Releases, Publications,
Factsheets and Reports, including...
Federal Funding
to Boost BC's Children's Agenda
News release
September 14, 2000
Backgrounder
Benefits to increase in July
March
31, 2000
Canada Child Tax Benefit/National Child
Benefit - Changes Effective July 2000
March 28, 2000
Tackling Child
Poverty High on B.C. Agenda
Ministry of Human Resources
(MHR) Press Release
March 18, 1999
National Child Benefit (March 1999)
National
Child Benefit Launched Across Canada (June 15, 1998)
Leading
the Battle Against Child Poverty - A BC SUCCESS STORY
May
22, 1998
Introducing the National Child Benefit:
B.C.’s Social Policy "First" Goes Nation-wide
June 1998
The National Child Benefit (MHR)
Yukon
-
Northwest Territories
NWT
Child Benefit
Early Childhood Development Action Plan - See the
2001-2002 Budget
Speech (scroll halfway down the page)
Social
Union Framework Agreement: GNWT Mobility Report (August 2002) - PDF file -
175K, 6 pages
Government of the Northwest Territories
Nunavut
-
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 Social Union Page (national)
-
- Early Childhood Development Links
Page -
See these related outside sites also...
- The (official) Social Union website
-
- The National
Child Benefit website -
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