Report on social security for Canada / Leonard Marsh ; a new edition with an introduction by Allan Moscovitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, Leonard (Leonard Charles), 1906-1983, author.

Contributor:

Moscovitch, Allan, 1946- writer of introduction.

Series:

Carleton library series ; 224.

Carleton library series ; 244

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--Canada.

Social security.

Canada.

Physical Description:

lviii, 286 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Report on Social Security for Canada, written during the Second World War, presented to Canadians a picture of a better life in the postwar world. It outlined what governments could do to ensure that all citizens could afford the food, clothing, and shelter necessary to participate fully in their community. Authored by Leonard Marsh for the wartime Federal Advisory Committee on Reconstruction, the report was the subject of enormous attention when it was presented to the House of Commons in March 1943. Drawing on the work of his mentor, William Beveridge and of John Maynard Keynes, Marsh primarily recommended an employment program meant to ensure lower unemployment and higher incomes. His report also discussed family allowances to make certain that no child would go without, health care insurance, temporary assistance in case of illness, a pension plan, and various other social benefits related to maternity, disability, loss of employment, and death. Today the Report on Social Security for Canada is seen as a foundational text for the Canadian social security system. In this edition Allan Moscovitch provides the historical context, an outline of Marsh's accomplishments, and suggestions for how to enhance the welfare state and respond to the social needs of Canadians in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 The Basis of the Task

1 Canadian Perspective 9

2 Categories of Social Need 20

3 Minimum Standards and Existing Social Legislation 27

4 Securance of the Social Minimum: Social Insurance Principles 48

Part 2 Employment

5 A National Employment Programme 65

6 Occupational Readjustment: Placement, Guidance, and Training Facilities 73

7 Unemployment Insurance 77

8 Unemployment Assistance 87

Part 3 The Universal Risks: Sickness, Invalidity, Old Age

9 Health Insurance (Medical Care) 99

10 Industrial Accident and Disease: Workmen's Compensation 106

11 Disability and Invalidity 116

12 Existing Old Age Pensions and Retirement Provisions 127

13 Contributory Retirement Insurance 140

14 Health Insurance and Other Social Security Plans 151

Part 4 Family Needs

15 Children's Allowances 161

16 Women's Needs in the Social Security System 171

17 Widowhood: Mothers' Allowances 176

18 Survivors' Insurance 183

19 Funeral Benefits 187

Part 5 Conclusion

20 Outlines of a Comprehensive System 193

21 Constitutional and Administrative Decisions 204

22 Financial Considerations 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0773551565

9780773551565

0773551573

9780773551572

OCLC:

985935958