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This text presents two essays: "Securing society: creating Canadian social policy;" and, "The new tools: implications for the future of work." The essays discuss the decline of work and its meaning, while considering the new realities of work. The job search is obstructed by "technological progress"--A situation which results in loss of tax revenue, fewer people in standard employment, and sociological and moral consequences. The proposed solutions for these problems include suggestions ranging from an equitable distribution of wealth to a national strategy for child care.
That scarcity has been cre- the UN's Human Development Index for seven years ated by design, the product of political commitment in the 1990s, it precipitously dropped to eighth place to an agenda of tax cuts and aggressive debt reduction, in the period 2000 to 2003. [...] Reducing the burden of the debt as By far the most quirky aspect of the newly pro- much as possible before the baby-boomers retire is the claimed goal is that the debt-to-GDP ratio is likely to main point. [...] It assumes that over the next decade, such as affordable housing and the real growth of the economy will average just above reliable unemployment insurance coverage for the 3% a year and the pace of inflation will ...
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"Colleen Lundy has created a wonderful synthesis of social work practice in a social justice context." - Lawrence Shulman, University at Buffalo School of Social Work
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