Lecture 4 Flashcards
English Poor Laws
A system of poor relief developed following the Black Death. Distinguished between deserving poor and undeserving poor.
Under poor laws, who were deserving “impotent” poor?
Orphans, widows, elderly, and the disabled.
The New Poor Laws in 1834 introduced what to the poor laws?
Centralized development of workhouses.
Did America adopt Poor Laws?
Yes
Did Canada adopt Poor Laws?
No
Why weren’t Poor Laws adopted in Canada?
Colonists opposed taxation. The infrastructure for workhouses was not yet in place.
Who were the main service providers to the poor though to the 20th century in Canada?
Churches and charitable organizations
In the 18th and 19th century, what population typically were cared for in hospitals?
The poor. Others received care at home.
When was the first residential school established in BC?
1861
The Bagot Commission (1842-1844) recommends assimilation through what policy?
The separation of children from their parents.
In the 19th century, who operated the hospitals?
Churches and charities (not-for-profit).
The Constitution Act of 1867 stated that provinces were responsible for establishing, maintaining and managing what?
Hospitals, asylums, charities, and charitable institutions.
The Constitution Act of 1867 gave the Federal government responsibility over…
Marine hospitals and quarantine. And the power to tax, borrow and spend money.
