Canadian social policy issues and perspectives the objective of this new edition is the same as that of previous editions to help students understand social policy from a canadian perspective. Social policy shapes the daily lives of every canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health safety and well being too often those on the front lines social workers nurses and teachers observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. Social policy shapes the daily lives of every canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health safety and well being too. The objective of this new edition is the same as that of previous editions to help students to understand social policy from a canadian perspective and to stir them to discussion and debate part one provides a general overview of social policy and part two discusses the policy making processes from the international factors that influence them to the ways in which a social worker can become part of this process part three focuses on current social policy issues and part four offers a . Social policy shapes the daily lives of every canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health safety and well being too often those on the front lines social workers nurses and teachers observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society in the first part of this new edition of canadian social policy westhues and wharf argue that service deliverers have discretion in how