The Canada Social Transfer (CST) () is the
Canadian government's transfer payment program in support of
post-secondary education
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,
social assistance
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, and
social services
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, including early
childhood development
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and
early learning and
childcare
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. It was made independent from the
Canada Health and Social Transfer
The Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) was a system of block transfer payments from the Canadian government to provincial governments to pay for health care, post-secondary education and welfare, in place from the 1996–97 fiscal year ...
program on 1 April 2004 to allow for greater
accountability
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and
transparency for federal health funding. In 2008/2009, the program transferred $10.6 billion in cash to the provinces and a further $8.5 billion in tax points.
The program was originally combined with the
Canada Health Transfer in a program called the Canada Health and Social Transfer.
See also
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Education in Canada
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References
External links
Department of Finance Canada - Description of Canada Social Transfer program
Federal departments and agencies of Canada
Government finances in Canada
Higher education in Canada
Welfare in Canada
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