Social Policies In Canada

Over the period 1980 to the early 2000 Canadians have seen drastic change to numerous universal policies that many benefited from during the peak of the welfare state. With dramatic changes to programs such as Uneployment insurance and the eventual diminishing of other policies Canadians are left with a welfare state that drastically differs the one from the 1970's. Many of these changes to social policies were done by a means of stealth. That is to say that claims of overspending by the public sector was the cause of the increasing nation debt. THe only way to reduce the national debt was for the goverment to cut its spending on social programs. Usually terms of the budget are delivered so technically that it legitimates and obscures public awareness. …show more content…
I would argue with the development in political interest in privitzation, government are now able to persuade the general public that this a cheaper alternative to the public sector. Cost comparison as well as obscured statistics by the private sector are now becoming key factors in legitimizing the cut to social programs. With many Canadians unfamiliar with rising costs and benefit reduction related with the private sphere it is hard to argue why the Federal government would not continue this tactic if it seeks to reduce financial responsibility and place it on the private sector as well as provincal