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  2. Social programs in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Social programs in Canada ( French: programmes sociaux) include all Canadian government programs designed to give assistance to citizens outside of what the market provides. The Canadian social safety net includes a broad spectrum of programs, many of which are run by the provinces and territories. Canada also has a wide range of government ...

  3. Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped - Wikipedia

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    The Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ( AISH) is a provincial program established in 1979 in Alberta, Canada, that provides financial and health related benefits to eligible adult Albertans under the age of 65, who are legally identified as having severe and permanent disabilities that seriously impede the individual's ability to earn ...

  4. Great Depression in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Great Depression in Canada. A Montreal soup kitchen in 1931. The worldwide Great Depression of the early 1930s was a social and economic shock that left millions of Canadians unemployed, hungry and often homeless. Few countries were affected as severely as Canada during what became known as the "Dirty Thirties", due to Canada's heavy dependence ...

  5. Saskatchewan Housing Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Saskatchewan Housing Corporation (SHC) is a crown corporation owned by the Government of Saskatchewan, founded in 1978, to fund social housing, provide grants and other incentives for low-income and rental housing development within the province. [1] In 2010, SHC supported 23,500 social and affordable [clarification needed] rental housing units ...

  6. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Welfare in America. The United States spends approximately $2.3 trillion on federal and state social programs including cash assistance, health insurance, food assistance, housing subsidies, energy and utilities subsidies, and education and childcare assistance. Similar benefits are sometimes provided by the private sector either through policy ...

  7. Student financial aid in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Government sponsored Student Loans in Canada was designed to help post-secondary students pay for their education in Canada. The federal government funds the Canada Student Loan Program (CSLP) and the provinces may fund their own programs or be integrated with the CSLP. In addition, Canadian banks offer commercial loans targeted for students in ...

  8. Poverty in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Marsh Report recommended a broad range of social assistance, social insurance and public welfare programs. In 1944, Mackenzie King introduced the Family Allowance program, which was the first universal social welfare program in Canada. In 1948, the federal government subsidized medical services in the provinces.

  9. Saskatchewan Health Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Saskatchewan Health Authority is the single health region of the province of Saskatchewan.It is a health authority providing direct and contracted health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services to the people of Saskatchewan.

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