2003
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Nouvelles pratiques sociales ; vol. 16 no. 1 (2003)
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Ruth Rose et al., « Le bien-être des enfants du Québec : une responsabilité collective », Nouvelles pratiques sociales, ID : 10.7202/009633ar
One of the demands of the Quebec section of the World March of Women in the Year 2000 was the restoration of a universal family allowance, while, at the same time providing a supplement large enough to cover all the basic needs of the children belonging to the poorest families. This article first describes a series of reforms carried out during the 1990s, reforms whose effect was to reduce monetary support to all of Quebec families. In addition, because of repeated cuts to social assistance and other programs targeted to the disadvantaged, it was the poorest families who suffered the largest reductions in income, while the rich benefited from significant tax cuts. The article then develops a proposal designed to translate the demand of the women’s movement into a concrete program with a view to reducing income inequalities and to re-establish, at least partially, the standard of living which low and middle income families enjoyed in 1994.