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Source:
Conference
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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 Nunavuts 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 Programs
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 Nunavuts 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 GNs long-term vision for Nunavut. Investments in
education, social assistance and health emphasize the GNs 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 Nunavuts 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 GNs 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 years 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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Current
and Forthcoming Minimum Hourly Wage Rates for Adult Workers in Canada
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Nunavut Department of Education
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Department responsible for welfare Name of the welfare program Legislation Policy Manual Welfare
statistics Welfare rates (benefits)
Latest search results on Google.ca
for Related Links - For more information about welfare in other Canadian jurisdictions, see the Canadian Social Research Links Key Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page |
Government of Nunavut - Home Page
Statutes and Regulations of Nunavut
Government of Nunavut Departments
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Department of Education
- responsible for income support in Nunavut
(see the welfare links in the grey box above right.)
Legislation
Social
Assistance Act
- Nunavut
Social Assistance Regulations
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Note: the content below is from links that have
expired;
I've kept the text here for historical purposes.
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Income Support Policy Review
"The Bathurst Mandate calls for a review of the Income Support program
within five years. In meeting this, the Minister of Education, in early 2000,
appointed an Income Support Policy Review Panel to undertake public discussions
with citizens across the territory."
- Brief description of the context of the review, along with links to the Panel's
report and the Department (of Education) response, in Inuktitut, English and
French.
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Exemptions
for working income support clients increased starting July 1, 2002
News Release
"IQALUIT, Nunavut (June
26, 2002) - Education Minister Peter Kilabuk today announced the government has
increased the exemption level for the amount of money that can be earned before
there are deductions from income support. Effective July 1, 2002, the earned income
exemption for working families on income support increases to $400 per month and
for
single people to $200. The old rates were $300 for families and $150 for individuals.
'In
response to the community consultations we conducted on the income support program,
we felt that the exemption levels did not reflect the needs in Nunavut,'said Minister
Kilabuk. The new exemption levels will continue to encourage people on income
support to seek and keep jobs.
'These increases are a part of the work we
are undertaking in reshaping the income support program to meet the needs and
concerns of Nunavummiut,' said Minister Kilabuk. Other improvements include a
greater focus on training opportunities for income support recipients and transition
benefits for those returning to work."
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A New Vision, A New Direction (PDF file
- 140K, 36 pages)
Report
Prepared by the Department of Education
Departmental response to the report
of the Income Support Policy Review Panel
November 22, 2001
This report
contains a Proposed Plan of Action to deal with each of the 46 recommendations
of the Income Support Policy Review.
"The Panel called for action in
three broad areas: client services, program administration and community development.
(...) The plan of action that follows addresses these concerns and proposes a
'made in Nunavut' solution that responds to the Income Support Review Panels
forty-six recommendations and better meets the needs of clients, communities and
the
Nunavut Government."
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Nunavut
2010-2011 Budget - March 8, 2010
- main page, includes links to budget address, highlights, supplementary information,
main estimates, capital estimates and business plans.
NOTE: When I tried to access some of the files on April 7 (2010) using Firefox
v.3.6.3, I received an octet-stream error message.
Translation: Some of the links in this page work only with Internet Explorer.
Boo.
Related link:
Nunavut
unveils 'prudent' $1.3B budget
March 8, 2010
Nunavut Finance Minister Keith Peterson has tabled a budget that aims to balance
the territory's books. Tabling the 2010-11 budget Monday in Iqaluit, Peterson
said he's presented a "prudent" balanced budget in light of a $44-million
deficit that's projected for this fiscal year. The latest
deficit figure is up $15 million from the government's previous projections,
due in part to $8 million the government spent last year to combat the H1N1
influenza pandemic, Peterson said.
Source:
CBC News North
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Non-governmental links:
Homeless
in the Homeland:
A Growing Problem For Indigenous People in Canada's North
November 2010
By Frances Abele, Nick Falvo and Arlene Haché*
Today, homelessness and inadequate housing in northern Canada disproportionately
afflicts Indigenous people. This is a striking fact in a region where Indigenous
people lived very independently (though of course not autarkicly) until the
second half of the twentieth century. In the years since then both economic
development and state initiatives have transformed their lives.
Source:
Parity
Magazine : November 2010 "Homelessness and Dispossession" Edition
Parity is the national homelessness publication of the Council to Homeless Persons
in Australia
[ * Frances Abele is professor of Public Policy and Administration at
Carleton University, Ottawa. Nick Falvo is a doctoral candidate in the
same program. Arlene Haché is executive director of the Yellowknife
Womens Society. ]
[ More
recent articles from Parity ]
[ Back issues of Parity
- back to 1998 ]
Related link:
Council
to Homeless Persons (Australia)
Established in 1972, the Council to Homeless Persons is the peak Victorian body
representing individuals and organisations with a stake or interest in
Nunavut
Provincial Election Resources
No set date for the next territorial election, but
it will take place in 2013
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
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- Go to the Political Parties and Elections
Links in Canada (Provinces and Territories) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/politics_prov_terr.htm
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