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	Canada Health and Social Transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) was a system of block transfer payments from the Canadian government to provincial governments to pay for health care, post-secondary education and welfare, in place from the 1996-97 fiscal year until the 2004-05 fiscal year.
		The CHST was an amalgamation of two federal programs prior to 1996: Established Programs Financing (which paid for health care and post-secondary education and was established in 1977) and the Canada Assistance Plan (which supported social assistance and was established in 1966).
		Under the Constitution of Canada, health, education and social assistance are all areas of provincial responsibility and authority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canada_Health_and_Social_Transfer (562 words)

	Canada Health Act - Federal Transfers and Deductions
		Health Canada officials routinely liaise with provincial and territorial health ministry representatives and health insurance plan administrators to help resolve common problems experienced by Canadians related to eligibility for health insurance coverage and portability of health services within and outside Canada.
		This group of health care services, defined as nursing home intermediate care, adult residential care, ambulatory health care and the health aspects of home care, were block funded on the basis of $20 per capita for fiscal year 1977-1978, and subject to the same escalator as insured health services.
		Two new transfers, the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) and Canada Social Transfer (CST), are to be established by April 1, 2004, from a split in the CHST.
	www.hc-sc.gc.ca /hcs-sss/medi-assur/transfer/index_e.html (4104 words)

	What Kind of Canada? A Call for a National Debate on the Canada Social Transfer
		Canada used to be known for its ability to integrate newcomers from around the world, but the latest wave of immigrants, most of whom are visible minorities, is losing ground.
		But splitting these social programs from post-secondary education is at least some progress towards recognizing the distinct character of each policy area, their unique approaches to the assessment of need, and potential conditions for the transfer of funds.
		This restoration of federal social investment should be feasible, given the financial health of the federal government which has been in a surplus situation since 1997 and is expected to be in a surplus situation in the coming years.
	www.ccsd.ca /pr/2004/social_transfer/st.htm (2858 words)

	The Canada Health Care System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada has a predominantly publicly financed, privately delivered health care system that is best described as a network of ten provincial and two territorial health insurance plans.
		Canada's health care system relies extensively on primary care physicians (family physicians and general practitioners), who make up about 60 percent of all active physicians in Canada.
		Health care in Canada is financed primarily through taxation, in the form of provincial and federal personal and corporate income taxes.
	gni.pr.erau.edu /gni2000/issues/canadahealth.htm (963 words)

	Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) (Transfers: An Investment in Canadians) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The CHST is a block fund that the provinces and territories are free to spend in these areas largely as they see fit.
		These transfers provide an ongoing and growing contribution to every province and territory.
		CHST transfers are made on an equal per capita basis, so all Canadians get the same level of support.
	www.fin.gc.ca /transfers/transfers_chst_e.html (202 words)

	Transfer payment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In political science and economics, a transfer payment is a payment of money from a government or any other organization to an individual for which no good or service is directly required in return.
		In economics, government transfer payments are often thought of as a negative tax, since in the case of a tax, people pay the government without getting any good or service in direct exchange.
		In Canada, transfer payments usually refer to a system of payments from the federal government to the provinces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transfer_payment (205 words)

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		The tax transfer component of the CHST occurred in 1977 when the federal government agreed with provincial and territorial governments to reduce its personal and corporate income tax rates, thus allowing them to raise their tax rates by the same amount.
		The CHST gives provinces and territories the flexibility to allocate payments among social programs according to their priorities, while upholding the principles of the Canada Health Act and the condition that there be no period of minimum residency with respect to social assistance.
		The 1999 budget states that the increase in CHST is sufficient to restore health expenditures to their mid-1990s levels, although this does not compensate for population growth, inflation or increased average need.
	plato.acadiau.ca /dagora/Lateralmaps/maps/chst.ppt (784 words)

	Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1996 CAP was replaced by the Canada Health and Social Transfer program which combines federal funding for health, postsecondary education and welfare and transfers a designated amount of money to each province rather than transferring a percentage of actual costs.
		The sphere of social life that is separate from the intimate bonds of family and autonomous from regulation and scrutiny of the state.
		Social scientists often prefer to avoid the term because it was used in a moral sense by Europeans during the 19th and early 20th century to suggest a contrast between civilized societies and uncivilized primitive people and became part of an ideology upholding colonial domination.
	bitbucket.icaap.org /dict.pl?alpha=C (9517 words)

	Canada Health and Social Transfer Regulations
		Canada Health and Social Transfer Regulations (F-8 -- SOR/97-468)
		Subject to subsection 5(7), the population of a province for a fiscal year shall be determined by the Chief Statistician of Canada on the basis of Statistics Canada's official estimate of the population of that province on the first day of June of that fiscal year.
		The gross domestic product of Canada for a calendar year shall be determined by the Chief Statistician of Canada on the basis of Statistics Canada's official estimate of the gross domestic product of Canada at market prices for that calendar year.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/F-8/SOR-97-468/text.html (1521 words)

	Canada Health Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Prior approval by the health care insurance plan in a person’s home province or territory may also be required before coverage is extended for elective (non-emergency) services to a resident while temporarily absent from their province or territory.
		Although the Canada Health Act requires that insured health services be provided to insured persons in a manner that is consistent with the criteria and conditions set in the Act, not all Canadian residents or health services fall under the scope of the Act.
		Work on the development of a Canada Health Act dispute avoidance and resolution process was initiated at the 2000 Conference of Ministers of Health on the basis that it would be consistent with SUFA commitments and the federal government's obligations under the Canada Health Act.
	www.ctffr.org /id18.html (2637 words)

	Social Work in Canada, An Introduction, by Steven Hick
		Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) - Federal legislation which combines federal funding for health, postsecondary education and welfare and transfers a designated amount of money based on population size to each province rather than transferring a percentage of actual costs.
		The CASW has a code of ethics, which is a set of principles to guide a social worker as he or she deals with issues arising in the workplace.
		A social worker is obligated to follow the guidelines of the agency or organization employing them and obey legislation and association policy.
	www.socialpolicy.ca /swc/book_c.htm (1204 words)

	Canadian Public Health Association - Policy & Advocacy - Policy Statements - The Canada Health and Social Transfer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Canada Health and Social Transfer and Health Equity in Canada
		The transfer arrangements, now called the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST), establish new ground rules for federal/provincial collaboration on social and health programming that will have an important impact upon conditions that affect health equity in Canada.
		Other social policy reform initiatives currently underway or being considered in sectors such as pensions, income security and child care will have a significant impact upon conditions for health equity and it is essential that the government develop a social policy approach that will encompass these initiatives within a comprehensive health investment framework.
	www.cpha.ca /english/policy/pstatem/chst/page1.htm (295 words)

	Women and the Canada Health and Social Transfer: Ensuring Gender Equality in Federal Welfare Reform
		Canada was an active participant in the discussions and preparations leading up to the Conference, and during the actual meetings and discussions which took place in Beijing.
		The CHST should pay a cash transfer that is fully indexed to the change in GNP Moreover, a specific portion of the CHST transfer should be allocated for welfare and specially indexed using a formula that includes indicators of demand, such as the percentage of each province's non-elderly population that is not employed.
		Instead, the unconditionality of the CHST is likely to reinforce regressive welfare trends which are emerging in a number of provinces, and to contribute directly to an increase in the social and economic inequality and disadvantage of low-income women.
	www.law-lib.utoronto.ca /Diana/fulltext/jack.htm (13087 words)

	The Canada Health and Social Transfer (PRB98-3e)
		The federal government uses transfer payments under the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) to help the provinces carry out their responsibilities in terms of health, post-secondary education and public assistance.
		The CHST is a block funding method that came into force in the 1996-97 fiscal year; it represents a merger of two major programs: Established Programs Financing (EPF) and the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP).
		The cash transfer is a residual value that corresponds to the difference between the total entitlement and the tax transfer.
	dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca /Collection-R/LoPBdP/EB/prb983-e.htm (655 words)

	CANADA'S FISCAL IMBALANCE: RESOLVING THIS ISSUE IS KEY TO SUSTAINING HEALTH CARE AND OTHER SOCIAL PROGRAMS
		Provinces are having to respond to fiscal pressures from the health care sector with inadequate fiscal resources.
		In part, this is a consequence of the federal government's failure to fulfill its obligation to adequately fund health care and other social programs through fiscal arrangements with the provinces and territories.
		Figure 1 shows the inherent fiscal imbalance in Canada: the federal government has revenue-raising abilities which considerably exceed the cost of fulfilling federal program responsibilities, while the provincial and territorial governments lack the revenue-raising capacity to meet their constitutional spending responsibilities, especially in the areas of health care, education and social services.
	www.fin.gov.on.ca /english/media/2002/fcimbal02.html (1182 words)

	Report F: CANADA HEALTH AND SOCIAL TRANSFER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It reveals that spending on social transfers is poised to decline much more steeply than other federal program spending.
		This action highlights a weakness in the transfer system which has become only too apparent: any guarantee of stability for tomorrow's greatly diminished level of transfers will exist only at the pleasure of the federal government.
		This insecurity of transfers calls into question the legitimacy of the federal spending power as it is being currently exercised.
	www.fin.gov.bc.ca /archive/budget96/96rpt_f.htm (1000 words)

	Reality Check: Ottawa's Contribution to Health Care Spending (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The annual get-together of Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial leaders is an opportunity for the premiers to discuss policy issues and develop solutions.
		When Canada’s public health system was introduced there was a 50-50 split in some areas, but the federal government’s total share of health care funding was never higher than 41%.
		To arrive at this number the premiers compare the cash transfer to all social spending in their jurisdiction, not only health care.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2004/business080604.htm (645 words)

	UN Reports on Canada - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In May 1997, Canada submitted its third periodic report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) on measures taken by the different levels of government to fulfill its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
		The report reflects the multi-jurisdictional nature of Canada and the main changes in federal policies, laws and programs since the submission of the second report on articles 6 through 9 (December 1987) and on articles 10 through 15 (September 1992).
		Canada's third report was considered by the Committee at its November 1998 session.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecordcanada/vol3/canadacescr.htm (639 words)

	eG - Ed-Op - Editorial: Transfer payment travesty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Over the last seven years, Canada Health and Social Transfer payments suffered large cuts, putting the government’s priorities regarding health care, social services and post-secondary education in question.
		Currently, the federal government allocates CHST for post-secondary education, health care and social services—a broad catch-all of areas if ever there was one.
		Maybe universities don’t need as much money as the health care sector, but they can’t be completely abandoned, left to sink or swim based on their insufficient operating budgets and narrowly-defoned corporate funding.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~gauntlet/eg/ed-op/stories/20001130/editorial.html (498 words)

	Mapleleafweb.com: The Canada Health Act
		At the 2004 First Ministers’ Conference on Health Care a $41-billion dollar deal was signed by the federal government and the provinces and territories to pay for a 10-year strategy to reduce waiting times and improve access to key health services.
		The Commission’s Final Report, released in November 2002 (Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada) recommended a number of approaches that could be taken to alleviate pressure on Canada’s health care system.
		Others fervently defend the Canada Health Act, arguing that it is a fundamental social institution, and an important aspect of Canadian society.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /features/medicare/canada-health-act/index.html (312 words)

	NCPA - Health Issues - Can Canada's Health System Be Saved? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Medicare -- Canada's health insurance system -- is in crisis, a fact which the public and health workers are acutely aware of as a result of emergency room overcrowding, shortages of nurses and doctors and complaints by doctors of overwork.
		Federal health minister Allan Rock has proposed to save the country's health care system by paying half the cost of a national home care program; but provincial premiers say that he should restore billions of dollars of funding cuts to the health system before introducing such "boutique" programs.
		Home care budgets amount to only four percent of public spending on health care in Canada, but a recent study found that about $C8,000 a year per patient could be saved if frail elderly people could be cared for at home instead of in nursing homes.
	www.ncpa.org /pi/health/pd021500g.html (304 words)

	Canada Assistance Plan - Canada Health and Social Transfer
		(2) The criteria in subsection (1) are not contravened by a requirement of a health insurance plan of a province of a minimum period of residence in the province or waiting period that does not contravene paragraph 11(1)(a) of the Canada Health Act.
		What social advocates often refer to as "rights" under CAP were in fact conditions set by the federal government for provinces and territories to qualify for 50% reimbursement of approved social expenditures.
		The 1991 Supreme Court of Canada 'cap on CAP' Court decision (96K file) is a detailed account of the BC court challenge to the federal government's unilateral imposition of an annual ceiling on federal contributions to provinces for social programs under the Canada Assistance Plan.
	www.canadiansocialresearch.net /cap.htm (9549 words)

	Policy Research Fund Calls for Proposals: The Canada Health and Social Transfer and its Impacts on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This project assesses the financial impact of the introduction of the CHST on women receiving social assistance.
		It presents a detailed profile of women receiving social assistance before and after the CHST and serves as source of important, and timely, baseline information.
		This study examines whether Bill C-76, which creates the Canada Health and Social Transfer and repeals the Canada Assistance Plan Act, complies with Canada's commitments to women's equality as expressed in domestic and international human rights instruments.
	www.swc-cfc.gc.ca /funding/prf/prfcfp-960601_e.html (518 words)

	Catalogue - Roundtables on the Canada Health and Social Transfer: Final Report
		In the fall of 1995, the CCSD organized three Roundtable discussions to explore the policy implications of new funding arrangements for social programs under the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST).
		Discussions among community and volunteer workers, academics, planners and policy analysts at the Roundtables focused on the devolution of responsibilities inherent in this funding change, and on using the CHST as an instrument of social policy and as a contributor to the social and economic well-being of Canadians.
		This report includes the papers presented at the Roundtables, the highlights and findings from those discussions, and proposals concerning principles and objectives to guide the operation of the CHST.
	www.ccsd.ca /pubs/pubcat/rchst.htm (153 words)

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