Background
Under the Canada Assistance Plan the Parliament of Canada was contributing 50 per cent of the costs for social assistance and welfare in the province of British Columbia. In 1991, the federal government put a cap of 5 per cent on the growth of the payments. The province protested and attempted to challenge the change in court. The federal government argued that the issue was purely political and could not be considered by the Court.
Read more about this topic: Reference Re Canada Assistance Plan (B.C.)
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