Citizenship is more than a passport.
Citizens have rights, they have responsibilities, and they need access to jobs, services, and supports. The balance among these rights and responsibilities changes over time in response to the core values of citizens, their implicit contract with the state, and the economic and political context. Part I looks back over the past 50 years, describes how the country has changed, and looks briefly at how Europeans and Americans are reshaping their notions of social protection. Part II maps the challenges and choices we face with respect to four core elements of social and economic policy - tax reform, health care, learning, and social transfers. The faster Canada pays down that debt, the more degrees of freedom we will have to set the overall levels of personal taxation and program spending in the future.