HSCI 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: English Poor Laws, Gradual Civilization Act, Canadian Indian Residential School System
28 Feb 2020
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Adoption of poor laws in north american colonies: america adopted poor laws canada did not. Why not? (can you spot 3is?: deserving poor - poor laws were harsh and hardly seemed to benefit anyone, taxation highly opposed, workhouses needed to be built and managed. Laws needed to be passed and policed infrastructure was not yet in place in upper canada: the result: canada relied on voluntary agencies and churches through to the 20th century. More federal involvement, decisions were made that affected the indigenous ppl poorly. ** no the sequence not dates for midterm ** Hospital insurance: in 1930s many urban hospitals began providing prepaid insurance plans, affordable for middle and upper-class professionals, some working-class unions included insurance as a benefit. Evolution of public, universal medical insurance, wwii and onward. Saskatchewan doctor"s strike: 1962: saskatchewan introduces prepaid, publicly administered medical care insurance plan, triggers doctor"s strike (23 days, washington daily news:
