Established Programs Financing

Article summary

The Established Programs Financing (EPF; ) was a financing program created by the Trudeau government in 1977, to finance the provincially-run healthcare and high-education system, through transfer payments, by cash and tax points. The 1995 Canadian federal budget announced that both the Established Programs Financing and the Canada Assistance Plan would be combined into a new block-fund fiscal arrangement called the Canada Health and Social Transfer starting in 1996–97 fiscal year.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1977 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1977-03-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of establishment: 1977 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1977". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1977-03-31". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of establishment is "1977". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365413668