From Welfare to Workfare TABLE OF CONTENTS THE ORIGINS OF WORKFARE                                                                        1 THE BASICS OF WORKFARE         .                                                               2 PC POLICY DIRECTION OF WORKFARE                                                      2 WHY? A CONSERVATIVE POINT OF VIEW                                                      4 WHY NOT? AN OPPOSITION'S POINT OF VIEW                                             6 CONCLUSION                                                                                          8 WORKS CITED 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 …showed first 75 words of 2411 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2411 total…C. McCormack (personal communication, Nov. 7, 1996) ...Workfare Watch News ('CCPA Monitor,' July/August 1996) ...Backgrounder ('Community of Social Services home page', 'http://www.gov.on.ca',         Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1996) Henderson, Gord (Apr. 9, 1996) Give Tories' workfare plan a chance in Ontario. Windsor         Star. ...Ontario Works makes ('Community of Social Services home page', 'http://www. gov. on.         ca', 1996) Workfare Watch ('bulletin posted on Internet', 'www. worldchat. com/ public/ tab/ wrkfrw/         bul1.htm') (various dates specified in essay)