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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Welfare Reform in Ontario: A Report Card
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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Todd Gabel
Clinical Associate Professor of Economics, College of Business, University of Texas at ArlingtonTodd Gabel, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, is Clinical Associate Professor of Economics in the College of Business at University ofTexas at Arlington. Prof. Gabel holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in economics from the University of Texas (Dallas) and a B.Sc. from Simon Fraser University. He is an expert in the field of U.S. and Canadian social policy with a particular focus on welfare. His articles have been published widely in journals and newspapers including the Canadian Journal of Economics, Fraser Forum, Vancouver Sun, and National Post.… Read more Read Less… -
Jason Clemens
Executive Vice President, Fraser InstituteJason Clemens is the Executive Vice President of the Fraser Institute and the President of the Fraser Institute Foundation. Hehas an Honors Bachelors Degree of Commerce and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Windsor as well as a Post Baccalaureate Degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University. Before rejoining the Fraser Institute in 2012, he was the director of research and managing editor at the Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute and prior to joining the MLI, Mr. Clemens spent a little over three years in the United States with the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute. He has published over 70 major studies on a wide range of topics, including taxation, government spending, labor market regulation, banking, welfare reform, health care, productivity, and entrepreneurship. He has published over 300 shorter articles, which have appeared in such newspapers as The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Washington Post, Globe and Mail, National Post, and a host of U.S., Canadian, and international newspapers. Mr. Clemens has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs across Canada and the United States. He has appeared before committees of both the House of Commons and the Senate in Canada as an expert witness and briefed state legislators in California. In 2006, he received the coveted Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award presented by Caldwell Partners as well as an Odyssey Award from the University of Windsor. In 2011, he was awarded (along with his co-authors) the prestigious Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for the best-selling book The Canadian Century. In 2012, the Governor General of Canada on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, presented Mr. Clemens with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contributions to the country.… Read more Read Less… -
Sylvia LeRoy
Sylvia LeRoy was a former Policy Analyst in the Fiscal Studies Department at the Fraser Institute and Program Manager forthe Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services. She has an Honours BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario and an MA in Political Science from the University of Calgary. She is co-author of Can Markets Save Canada's National Parks?, Donner Non-Profit Performance Report: An Analysis of Management, Staff, Volunteers, and Board Effectiveness in the Non-Profit Sector, Welfare Reform in Ontario: A Report Card, Tax and Expenditure Limitations: The Next Step in Fiscal Responsibility, and Judicial Accountability in Canada . She is a regular contributor to Fraser Forum and has published articles on social, legal, and environmental issues in such newspapers as The National Post, The Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Sun, The Vancouver Province, The Ottawa Citizen, and The Windsor Star. She has appeared as a commentator on various radio and television programs on CBC, Global, and CTV.… Read more Read Less…
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