The emergence of social security in Canada. /
Dennis Guest.
- 2nd ed.
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 1994.
- xi, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Contents:The emergence of social security in Canada: major themes -- The colonial inheritance -- Saving for a rainy day: social security in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century Canada -- The first stage of the modern era: workman's compensation in Ontario -- The social impact of world war one -- The 1950's: our conversation decade -- The 1960's: filling the gaps -- Stemming a residual tide -- Unfinished business: the security review of 1973 to 1976 -- Social security in the 1980's