SUMMARY

The purpose of this enactment is to require every province to have in effect a work for welfare program established by law for every fiscal year commencing on or after April 1, 2001 in order to qualify for the full Canada Health and Social Transfer payment for that fiscal year.

Exemption from the requirement to work for welfare on reasonable grounds is provided for.

If the laws of the province do not provide for compliance at the beginning of a fiscal year, the deduction from the Canada Health and Social Transfer may be the full amount the province will spend on social assistance that year.

If no deduction was made for a fiscal year and after the end of the fiscal year the Minister determines that there was non-compliance for all or part of that fiscal year, a deduction from the transfer for the next fiscal year is to be made, equal to the amount that the Minister determines to be the amount spent on social assistance by the province for the year or, if the non-compliance was only for part of the year, the amount spent for the part of the year that the province was not in compliance.