HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Unemployment Insurance Act 1920, Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan
28 Feb 2017
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Make contributions during the war when there are a lot of jobs. Perfect timing to introduce the program anticipate unemployment after the. The program did not cover all workers, only 75% were covered. Address public health care and issues of poverty. Cash payments to families based on the number of children they have. Works a with 5 children get more wage based on worker b with 3 children. Planning postwar social security: leonard marsh, 1942: report on social security for canada (marsh report, 2 sets of risks. Employment risk coverage ~ coverage if they get sick, pregnant, injured. Universal risk coverage ~ risks that every canadian can experience that could lead to poverty. Old age = universal risk , as you age you become less physically capable of working not being able to work can lead to poverty. Most direct cash program in canadian history: 1944: family allowance act. Increase payment from to a month.
