Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Emergence of Social Security in Canada: Major Themes -- 2 The Colonial Inheritance -- 3 Saving for a Rainy Day: Social Security in Late-Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Canada -- 4 The First Stage of the Modern Era: Workers' Compensation in Ontario -- 5 The Social Impact of the First World War -- 6 The 1920s: No Priorities for Welfare -- 7 The Depression Decade: Cracking the Residual Mould -- 8 The Second World War: Catalyst for Social Security Advances -- 9 The 1950s: 'Our Conservative Decade' -- 10 The 1960s: Filling the Gaps -- 11 Stemming a Residual Tide -- 12 Unfinished Business: The Social Security Review of 1973 to 1976 -- 13 Social Security in the 1980s -- 14 A Sombre Anniversary -- 15 Debating the Future of Social Security -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.