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This study will examine welfare policies in Ontario
since 1985, evaluating the welfare reforms initiated under the
newly elected provincial government in June 1995. These will be
compared with reforms of welfare policies in the United States,
which have proven abundantly successful in reducing dependency,
increasing employment and earnings of welfare leavers, and
lowering poverty rates, as well as with reforms of welfare
policies undertaken by other Canadian jurisdictions.
The following evaluation is based upon six principles that
research has found to play a prominent role in effective welfare
reform. The criteria selected cover two broad areas: policy and
program delivery.
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