I spy with my little eye ... Canada's national child benefit

How Ottawa Spends, 2004-2005: Mandate Change in the Paul Martin Era

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 131-150

  Paterson, Stephanie ^a   Levasseur, Karine ^a   Teplova, Tatyana ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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References (29)

1. See Maclean's, 18 August 2003, cover story.
2. See Wendy McKeen, "Shifting Policy and Politics of Federal Child Benefits in Canada," Social Politics 23 (2001): 186-90;
3. Alexandra Dowbrowolsky and Jane Jenson, "Shifting Patterns of Representation: The Politics of 'Children,' 'Families,' 'Women,> working paper prepared for the meeting of "Care, Values, and the Future of Welfare"-cava, Leeds University, 1 November 2002;
4. and Wanda Weigers, The Framing of Poverty as "Child's Poverty" and Its Implications for Women (Ottawa: Status of Women Canada, 2002).
5. Ken Battle and Michael Mendelson, "The National Child Benefit: Another Hiccup or Fundamental Structural Reform?" Caledon Institute of Social Policy Presentation, prepared for the Conference on the State of Living Standards and the Quality of Life in Canada, October 1998, 11.
6. See Ken Battle, "The National Child Benefit: Best Thing since Medicare or New Poor Law," in Canada's National Child Benefit: Phoenix or Fizzle? ed. Douglas Durst, 22-35 (Halifax: Fernwood, 1999).
7. Jane Jenson and Denis Saint-Martin, "Building Blocks for a New Welfare Architecture:From Ford to lego?" Prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2002, 10.
8. See Anthony Giddens, The Third Way: Renewing Social Democracy (Cambridge:Polity Press, 1998);
9. and Anthony Giddens, "Introduction," in The Global Third Way Debate, ed. Anthony Giddens, 1-22 (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001).
10. Mitchell Dean, "Governing the Unemployed Self in an Active Society," Economy and Society 24, 4 (1995): 559-83, at 567.
11. See Campaign 2000, 2003 Report Card. As of 2001, the rate of child poverty was 15.6 percent, down from 2000 but still higher than the 1989 rate of 14.9 percent. See also Pierre Lefebvre and Phillip Merrigan, "Assessing Family Policy in Canada: A New Deal for Canadian Families and Children," Choices 9, 5 (2003): 1-100. Available at .
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14. Statistics Canada, Census 2001, available at .
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16. See Claire F.L. Young, Women, Tax and Social Programs: The Gendered Impact of Funding Social Programs through the Tax System (Ottawa: Status of Women 34 Gordon Cleveland, Morley Gunderson, and Douglas Hyatt, "Child Care Costs and the Employment Decision of Women: Canadian Evidence," Canadian Journal of Economics 24, 1 (1996): 132-51.
17. Campaign 2000, Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada, 2001 (Ottawa: Campaign 2000, 2003).
18. Maureen Baker, "Poverty, Social Assistance, and the Employability of Mothers in Four Commonwealth Countries," in Women's Work Is Never Done: Comparative Studies in Care-Giving, Employment, and Social Policy Reform, ed. Sylvia Bashevkin, 85-112 (New York: Routledge, 2002), 92.
19. Statistics Canada, Women in Canada, Work Chapter Updates (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2003), catalogue number 89F0133xie. This figure represents single mothers with children under the age of sixteen in the labour force.
20. Rick August, "Income Security and the Labour Market: Saskatchewan Perspectives on Child Benefit Reform," in Canada's National Child Benefit: Phoenix or Fizzle? ed. Douglas Durst, 61-83 (Halifax: Fernwood, 1999).
21. Campaign 2000, Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada, May 2002 (Ottawa:Campaign 2000, 2002).
22. Leah Vosko, "Mandatory 'Marriage' or Obligatory Waged Work: Single Mothers and Social Assistance in Wisconsin and Ontario," in Women's Work Is Never Done: Comparative Studies in Care-Giving, Employment, and Social Reform Policy Reform, ed. Sylvia Bashevkin, 165-200 (New York: Routledge, 2002).
23. Canadian Association for Community Living, The 2003 Federal Budget: What It Means for People with Disabilities and their Families ( Ottawa: Canadian Association for Community Living, 2003).
24. In October 1998 the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, except Quebec, signed this document.
25. Sheri Torjman, Will the "Children's Budget" Include Kids with Disabilities? (Ottawa: Caledon Institute, 1999).
26. Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Getting It Right for Canadians: The Disability Tax Credit, March 2002.
27. Robin Boadway, "Retain Targeting, But Make Credits Refundable," Policy Options 20, 10: (1999): 18.
28. See Statistics Canada, Income Trends in Canada, 2001 13F0022xcb, cited in Campaign 2000 Report Card, November 2003.
29. Canadian Press (Ottawa), "Martin Offers Social Wish List," 7 November 2002.