Women and the Canada Health and Social Transfer: Ensuring Gender Equality in Federal Welfare Reform

1 April 1996
April 1, 1996

This brief assesses the implications of the repeal of the Canada Assistance Plan, the attendant loss of national standards, and the resulting need for protection of the social welfare net. It suggests how the CHST might be amended to better reflect and promote women’s equality rights.

Women and the Canada Health and Social Transfer: Ensuring Gender Equality in Federal Welfare Reform
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