Photo: "The Shame of the City Neglected Children" (Winnipeg, Manitoba,
1910). From F.J. Billiarde, Report on Neglected Children, 1912.
Courtesy of the Manitoba Legislative Library |
Social
progress is the weight of laws designed to alleviate human suffering.
Canada, while slow to start passing national legislation in this regard,
rapidly addressed its social needs from the 1940s onwards.
Canada is now leading the world in overall quality of life.*
*United Nations
Human Development Report
(1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
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