https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/issue/feedCanadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale2023-01-11T12:39:59-05:00Wendy McKeen and Anne O'Connellwmckeen@yorku.caOpen Journal Systems<p>The <em>Canadian Review of Social Policy/Revue canadienne de politique sociale</em> is a scholarly and bilingual journal of progressive social policy. It aims to promote the exchange of ideas amongst a network of people involved in education, the public sector and social movements in the field of Canadian social policy and administration. CRSP/RCSP publishes analyses of historical and current developments, issues, debates, and reviews of recent publications.</p> <p>Learn more about our different <a href="http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/crsp/about/subscriptions">subscriptions </a>that give unlimited access to our archives and new issues for a full year.</p> <p>We welcome new <a href="http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/crsp/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions">submissions</a> from Canadian and international scholars on subjects focusing on Canadian and comparative Canadian social policy.</p>https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40373Policy Instruments and Infant Feeding for Mothers on Social Assistance: A Comparative Study of Canadian Provinces2022-05-12T12:04:00-04:00Marlene K. SokolonPatrik Marier<p>Using a modified framework of the social constructions of target populations (SCTP) and Vedung’s typology of policy instruments, this contribution presents a comparative analysis of policy instruments targeting mothers on social assistance to impose “successful” breastfeeding norms in the Canadian provinces. This framework distinguishes between the traditional policy tools of welfare offices and the inclusion of additional oversight by health professionals. The findings expose a variety of policy mixes despite similar commitments to encourage breastfeeding and dissuade the use of infant formula. Most provinces utilize <em>burdened policy instruments</em> for mothers who choose infant formula, such as requiring a medical note. For mothers who breastfeed, most provinces typically deploy <em>beneficial policy instruments </em>such as raising their monthly allowance with little [government] oversight. However, some provinces utilize very different tools which illustrate the diverse health care and social assistance landscape. Québec, for instance, is the only province to provide additional support for women who choose to use formula without medical authorization. In Prince Edward Island, social workers may require a medical note for breastfeeding while in Manitoba there is no additional support for the nutritional needs of breastfeeding mothers.</p>2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique socialehttps://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40379How Laws Regulate Migrant Sex Workers in Canada: To Protect or to Harm?2021-06-29T10:56:09-04:00Yee Ling Elene Lam<p>Migrant sex workers in Canada are regulated and affected by a web of laws and policies at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels. This article lays out how these laws and policies, which claim to protect migrant workers, govern and harm their lives. Focusing on the experiences of migrants of Asian descent, this article explores how ill-conceived anti-trafficking laws and enforcement, including sex work-related criminal law, immigration laws that target and prohibit sex work, provincial human trafficking laws, and municipal laws regulating body rub services, conflate sex work with trafficking and further endanger migrant sex workers.</p>2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique socialehttps://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40395What Is Behind the Fluctuations in Seniors’ Poverty Rates in Canada from 1976-2019?2022-03-01T09:12:47-05:00Priyanka SibalDennis Raphael<p>In this article we consider the factors driving variations in poverty rates among Canadian seniors from 1976-2019. Using the international poverty line which is defined as living with less than 50 percent of national median income—measured in Canada through the Low-income measure after tax (LIM-AT)—senior poverty rates declined from 1980 to the mid-1990s but have since increased. Yet according to the Canadian government’s official poverty indicator, the Market Basket Measure (MBM), senior poverty rates remain very low. We investigate these differences in poverty rates over time and consider the implications for seniors’ health and well-being. We find that increasing LIM-AT poverty rates are being driven by growing income inequalities <em>among</em> seniors resulting from differential access to Canada’s pension plan, employer-sponsored and private pension plans as well as growing income inequalities <em>between</em> seniors and the working-age population. The MBM is not sensitive to these growing inequalities. We consider these findings within a political economy lens that places Canada’s undeveloped public pension system within the liberal welfare state’s preference for the private rather than public provision of economic resources. We conclude with recommendations for research and action to ensure Canada’s growing senior population is provided with the conditions and means necessary for health and well-being. </p>2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique socialehttps://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40370Reimagining Policy Spaces: Toward Accessible and Inclusive Public Engagement2022-03-15T11:10:11-04:00Alexandra DobrowolskyTammy FindlayJulianne M. Acker-VerneyAlana CattapanJennifer O’KeefeApril MandronaJewelle Carroll<p><span style="font-size: medium;">This study interrogates the potentialities of policy spaces with the aim of bringing marginalized groups more concertedly into the centre of public policy engagement. By taking a feminist intersectional approach to examining the limits of classical public policy and conventional modes of public engagement, we propose a more fluid and generative understanding of policy space that encompasses both physical and social aspects and their interrelations. We then apply this understanding to our experimentation with two public engagement exercises held in Nova Scotia, a workshop and panel for disabled and Deaf women, and a podcast for rural women, that were part of a larger project aimed at acquiring in-depth, nuanced policy feedback from several, historically marginalized groups. Through our experience with these exercises—their successes and failures—we propose an approach to theorizing policy spaces informed by the contributions and interests of the groups in question, and with an awareness of intersectional power dynamics, positionality and place. </span></p>2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique socialehttps://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40405Editorial, Volume 822023-01-09T12:30:27-05:00Wendy McKeen2023-01-11T00:00:00-05:00Copyright (c) 2023 Canadian Review of Social Policy / Revue canadienne de politique sociale