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Welfare Practices and Civil Liberties
Publisher: Canadian Civil Liverties Education Trust, Toronto, CanadaYear Published: 1976 Price: $2.50 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX167 Report, based on 2-year survey of welfare recipients and administrators, identifies a number of serious problems. Abstract: This publication is based on a two-year survey of a thousand welfare recipients and a score of welfare administrators across Canada (Halifax, Fredericton, Toronto, Hamilton, Regina, etc.). It identifies a number of serious problems. Deserted wives complained that in order to get welfare they were being forced against their own will to sue their husbands, in some cases shattering completely any hope of restoring their broken families. Other recipients complained that the welfare authorities were conducting surveillance into their intimate cohabitation arrangements. Homes were visited without advance appointments and inspections were conducted without asking permission. The publication precipitated a wave of headline news stories, radio and television appearances. Subject Headings |