Women and the equality deficit : the impact of restructuring Canada's social programs

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS = ⅶ
• ABBREVIATIONS = ⅷ
• INTRODUCTION = 1
• CHAPTER ONE: From CAP to the CHST: The Losses = 5
• Introduction = 5
• The Larger Frame = 5
• The Material Inequality of Women = 5
• Restructuring = 8
• National Social Programs and Fiscal Federalism = 11
• Health = 11
• Social Assistance and Social Services = 14
• The Impact of the Budget Implementation Act = 17
• The Controversy Over Financial Arrangements = 18
• Why Should Standards be National? = 23
• The Premiers' Principles and Executive Federalism = 26
• Conclusion = 29
• CHAPTER TWO: Women's Equality: The Normative Commitment = 43
• Introduction = 43
• International Human Rights Commitments = 46
• The Covenants = 46
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women = 49
• Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women = 51
• Domestic Human Rights Commitments = 54
• Canada's Human Rights Statutes = 54
• Charter Equality Rights Guarantees = 62
• Social Programs and Other Domestic Legislation = 65
• Section 36 of the Constitution = 65
• Conclusion = 66
• CHAPTER THREE: The Arguments of the Opposition = 79
• Introduction = 79
• Overview of the Cases = 80
• Egan v. Canada = 80
• Masse v. Ontario (Ministry of Community and Social Services) = 81
• Eldridge v. British Columbia = 81
• Thibaudeau v. Canada = 81
• Symes v. Canada = 82
• Pushing the Social and Economic Dimensions of Inequality Outside the Equality Frame = 82
• The Separation of of Equality Rights from Economic Policy = 83
• Economics as Value Neutral = 83
• Discrimination and the Democratic Legitimacy of the Courts = 84
• Breaking the Linkage between Inequality and Equality Rights = 89
• Shifting Blame = 89
• Discounting Adverse Effects = 91
• Resisting the Disconnection of Equality Rights from De Facto Social and Economic Inequality = 93
• Conclusion = 98
• CHAPTER FOUR: The BIA, Canada's Treaty Obligations, and the Charter's Equality Rights Guarantees = 109
• Introduction = 109
• The Implications of Treaty Commitments = 109
• Canada's Compliance with International Commitments = 112
• Interpreting Section 15 of the Charter = 116
• The BIA Violates Women's Equality Rights under the Charter = 121
• Conclusion = 126
• CHAPTER FIVE: New Directions = 135
• Introduction = 135
• Courts and Equality Rights = 135
• International Instruments and Fora = 143
• A Post-Beijing Commission on Women's Equality = 149
• The Future of Social Programs and "National" Standards = 151
• The Content of New Standards = 155
• Funding Formulas = 156
• An Independent Monitoring Body for Social Programs and Service Standards = 156
• Enforcing Compliance = 157
• Quebec = 157
• Conclusion = 158
• APPENDICES A1
• REFERENCES R1