Ontario. Social Assistance Review Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Social Assistance Review Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Ontario. Comité d'examen de l'aide sociale

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Social Assistance Review Committee

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1986-1988

    History

    The Minister of Community and Social Services established the Social Assistance Review Committee in July, 1986. The Committee held 23 days of public hearings in 14 Ontario communities and received more than 1,500 submissions and briefs. The Committee submitted its final report, entitled Transitions, on September 1, 1988.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Social Assistance Review Committee undertook a public review of Ontario's social assistance system, particularly by determining the guiding principles and objectives of social assistance and related programs; reviewing the current system in light of these principles and objectives; recommending strategies to be adopted by the province; and recommending parameters to be accepted by the province in the drafting of new legislation.

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA35

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Ontario. Social Assistance Review Committee

    Dates of relationship

    1986-1988

    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA1331

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    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Canadiana, Dec. 1999 (CD ver.)

        Report of the Social Assistance Review Committee, 1988

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Stapleton