Why were the standards and entitlements maintained in health care but not in social assistance?
Both the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) and the Canada Health Act (CHA) contain essential criteria governing eligibility for federal funding, which are in fact not standards and entitlements as the question suggests, but rather administrative requirements to be met. More complex administrative and accounting practices were required under CAP – where funding was 50:50 cost sharing – compared to the administrative principles, such as portability, in health care where federal funding is via a block fund. Under the CHST, social programs were included in the block funding mechanisms of federal contributions, and hence, the complex administration and accounting practices of CAP were no longer necessary. This was done so that provinces and territories would have greater flexibility in the design and delivery of these programs which under the Canadian Constitution fall under provincial jurisdiction.. The federal government is working together with the provincial governments to develop, through m
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