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From the
National Council of Welfare:
Welfare
Incomes 2010
September 2011
The Welfare Incomes report reflects the estimated incomes (in constant and
current dollars) for 2010 of four typical welfare households in each province
and territory:
- a single employable person
- a single person with a disability
- a lone parent with a 2-year-old child
- a two-parent family with two children aged 10 and 15
Click the link above, then move your cursor over each province or territory
to view welfare incomes by household type for 2010 .
Click on a province or territory to see a chart of welfare incomes over time
for that jurisdiction. This feature requires Macromedia Flash; if you don't
have Flash or if you've disabled it, click the link below the map of Canada
to access the same information in HTML.
Adequacy
of Welfare Incomes
Compare welfare benefit levels for all jurisdictions and all household categories
for all years from 1986 (1989 for a person with a disability) to 2010 using
any one of five measures of adequacy: After-tax average income - After-tax
LICO - After-tax median income - Before-tax LICO - Market basket measure (MBM).
Earlier editions of Welfare Incomes (annual)
Source:
National Council
of Welfare
[ Conseil national du bien-être
social ]
Since the Government Organization Act of 1969, the National Council of Welfare
serves as advisory group to the federal Minister responsible for the welfare
of Canadians - in 2010, that's the Hon. Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources
and Skills Development Canada - regarding "any matter relating to social
development that the Minister may refer to the Council for its consideration
or that the Council considers appropriate."
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May 5, 2011
Government
of Nunavut Announces Poverty Reduction Initiatives
IQALUIT, Nunavut (May 9, 2011) – The Government of Nunavut’s commitment
to support Nunavummiut in the fight against poverty continues with the announcement
of several new initiatives --- enhancements to the Community Breakfast Program
and Parenting Support Programming, increases to the Social Assistance Program’s
food and clothing allowances, and a new Country Food Distribution Program
to improve the availability of country food in communities.
Source:
Nunavut
Anti-Poverty Secretariat
The Nunavut Anti-Poverty Secretariat, part of the Nunavut Department of
Economic Development & Transportation, is responsible for developing and
implementing Nunavut’s Poverty Reduction Action Plan through public engagement,
and for overseeing the implementation of comprehensive community initiatives
to address poverty.
Source:
Department
of Economic Development & Transportation
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Government
of Nunavut: 2011-12 Budget
March 1, 2011
- includes links to :
* Budget Highlights (see below) * Budget Address * Supplementary Information
* Fiscal and Economic Outlook * Main Estimates * Capital Estimates: * Supplementary
Appropriations (Capital) * Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance)
Business Plans (see below)
Budget
Highlights (PDF - 308K, 2 pages)
The Government of Nunavut (GN) is investing to support the priorities set
out in Tamapta, the GN’s long-term vision for Nunavut. Investments in
education, social assistance and health emphasize the GN’s focus on Nunavummiut.
(...)
* The GN is investing an additional $18 million in education, focusing most
of the new funding to support our K-12 students.
* The GN is providing an additional $3 million to increase social assistance
payments. This is not a solution to poverty, but it is a way to help some
of Nunavut’s most disadvantaged citizens.
* The GN is providing an additional $32 million to invest in the health of
Nunavummiut. Health care now makes up a quarter of the GN’s program spending.
Business
Plans (PDF - 2.2MB, 352 pages)
The Dept. of Education (responsible for income support) changes to the Social
Assistance Regulations in order to introduce an increase to both the food
and clothing allowances in the program to come into effect April 1, 2011.
Source:
Nunavut Department of Finance
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TD Bank Financial Group
Analysis of the Budget:
Nunavut
joins the deficit club (PDF - 465K, 3 pages)
The Nunavut government released its 2011 budget this afternoon. In these documents,
the government reveals that it is now projecting a deficit of $132.2 million
for FY 10-11. This is nearly $130 million more than what was projected in
last year’s budget. The larger deficit comes primarily as a result of
the government covering the shortfalls incurred by the Nunavut Housing Corporation.
Looking ahead to the next fiscal year, a deficit of $50 million (or 2.7% of
GDP) is anticipated.
Source:
2011 Federal, Provincial
and Territorial Budgets
[ TD Bank Financial Group ]
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Media:
Nunavut
budget projects $50M deficit
March 1, 2011
The Nunavut government estimates it will incur a $50-million deficit in the
upcoming fiscal year, despite an increase in revenue, says Finance Minister
Keith Peterson. Tabling the territory's 2011-2012 budget on Tuesday, Peterson
said even with the projected deficit, there will be no program cuts and the
budget actually proposes more spending for departments. (...) Peterson's budget
calls for spending increases for all departments, including a $32-million
increase for the Health and Social Services Department and $18 million more
for the Education Department.
Source:
CBC North
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More Canadian Budgets:
- Go to the 2011 Canadian Government Budgets
Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets_2011.htm
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