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The 2012 Cuts to Refugee Health Coverage in Canada: The Anatomy of a Social Policy Failure.
- Source :
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Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique . Dec2015, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p905-931. 27p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- In 2012, Canada's federal government announced cuts to refugee health coverage. Evidence suggesting that the cuts represent a social policy failure has since been accumulating, including the 2014 Federal Court ruling ordering their reversal. This explanatory case study uncovers the problem definition process that led policy development by applying coding methods to governmental publications, transcripts of parliamentary proceedings and internal governmental correspondence obtained under the Access to Information Act. The systematic analysis identifies avoidable gaps that occurred and proposes an avenue for strengthening future federal social policy processes so as to avoid negative outcomes such as those that resulted here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 00084239
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116143110
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423916000020