"THE ORIGINS OF "WORKFARE"
There's an old joke that goes something like... Where do you hide a
welfare recipient's cheque, where he'll never find it? Under his work boots.
When Mike Harris was campaigning for the Progressive conservative party in 1994
he promised a "common sense revolution". This mixed with the huge unpopularity
of Bob Ray's policies, made him a favourite for the upcoming election. With
this new "common sense revolution", came Ontario Works, or workfare. (a program
designed to help recipients find their cheques) The workfare topic was a huge
issue to voters, and will effect not only the thousands of Ontario welfare
recipients but every Ontarioan in one way or another. When the election was
close, Mike Harris often called workfare his "hand up" on the other candidates,
(Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Nov. 17, 1995, 846), arguing that the current
welfare system is just "hand outs".
The decision on behalf of the conservative party to introduce Ontario......
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