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I.Title.  \u003Cbr>A45-4719  \u003Cbr>New York.Publie library  \u003Cbr>ONl ED  \u003Cbr>21  \u003Cbr>for LIbrary of Congress  \u003Cbr>454   |\n| --- |\n|  |\n\n Reproductions may not be made without permission trom Columbla Universlty Libraries.                 \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE: 35mmREDUCTION RATIO:            10:/  \nIB  \nIIB  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nDATE FILMED:                    8-7-97INITIALS:6  \n                    \n一  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                          2bbbl  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n## CANADA\n\nMUST CHO0SE  \nA Series dealing with our immediate problems  \nBABYBONUSES:  \nDOLLARS7OR SENSE◆火3.08  \nCHARLOTTEWHITTON  \n## CANADA MUST CHOOSE\n\nA Series dealing with ourimmediate problems  \nTHIS series of outspoken andchallenging papers is of the utmostimportance.It presents certain alterna-tives confronting the Canadian people.  \nThis series is dedicated to thegeneral proposition that the time has nowcome for Canada to make up her mindabout her destiny;that there has beenfar too much wishful thinking,with littlefoundation in fact,about national unity.  \nThe publishers do not subscribeto all that is said in these papers,butthey defend the right of the authors tosay it,and invite an equally candid andhonest statement from those with differ-ing opinions and other convictions.  \nOTHER TITLES  \nMuST CANADA SPLIT?C.E.SilcoxTHE REVENGE OF THE CRADLES.(C.E.SilcoxBABY BoNUSES:DoLLARS OR SENSE?  \nCharlotte Whitton  \nIN PREPARATION  \nIMMIGRATION AND AssIMILATIONTHE EMPIRE:YES OR No?...George Grant  \n25c.each  \nBABY BONUSES:Dollars or Sense?  \n.ByCHARLOTTE WHITTON,C.B.E.  \n308  \n2  \n心469  \nmeans(except by reviewers for thepublic preso),without permlsslonin writing from the publishers.  \nDr.Charlotte Whitton,C.B.E,_was thefounder and,until 1942,the ExecutiveDirector of the Canadian Welfare Council.From 1926 until the latter date,she was atfirst asses8OT,and later,delegate from Canadato the Commission on Social Questions of theLeague of Nations  \nCoPraIGnr.CANADA.1945.BYTHE RYERSON PRESS,TORONTO  \nAll righta reserved.No part of thisbook may be reproduced in anyform.bymimeograpb or any other  \nI  \n## INTELLIGENT MATERNITY AND RESPONSIBLE PATERNITY ORINDISCRIMINATE SUBSIDY?\n\nUPON WHAT have Canadian character and growth beengrounded?Upon the Canadian home and that homehas been built about the sound hearth-stones of“intelligentmaternity and responsible paternity.”Are those requisitesin the national life now to go under discount for indiscriminatecash grant from the public purse of the Dominion to allparents,within or without wedlock,with automatic paymentupon their mere statement of the age or birth of a child,regardless of the eireumstances,care or wellbeing of that childin so far as any action to be taken by the Dominion authority,making the grant,is concerned?  \nMr.St.Laurent,the Minister of Justice,made this detachedlegal indifference of the Dominion perfeetly clear in the Houseon July 25th,1944:  \nIn principle it is a bill to allocate to every child main-tained by a parent up to the age of sixteen years a certainmonthly benefit,the only condition attached being that theperson to whom the money is paid shall apply it for the main·tenance and better upbringing of the child.There is nothingelse whatever:no obligation of any kind is imposed.The billis not drawn in such a way that if it were shown that a personhad received the alloc","cbCaibtYqu3Q1QkC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibtYqu3Q1QkC","pdf",1932948,31,"English","# Intelligent Maternity and Responsible Paternity or Indiscriminate Subsidy?\n## The Baby Bonus: A Fiscal Not a Social Measure","[{\"question\":\"What is the main argument against indiscriminate baby bonuses?\",\"answer\":\"The text argues that automatic cash grants to all parents, regardless of circumstances, undermine the values of intelligent maternity and responsible paternity and fail to address children’s care and wellbeing.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the document say about conditions attached to the benefit?\",\"answer\":\"It cites the minister’s remarks that the only stated condition is that the money be used for maintenance and better upbringing, with no obligation or offense tied to misuse under the described principle.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document frame the decision facing Canada?\",\"answer\":\"It presents Canada as needing to “choose” between intelligent maternity and responsible paternity versus indiscriminate, automatic cash grants, treating Dominion Day 1945 as a decisive moment for the policy.\"}]","Baby Bonuses - Dollars or Sense? | PDF",1790626624,78]