Welfare programs must contribute to the attack on family breakdown and illegitimacy. Unless such problems are dealt with effectively, they fester, and grow, sapping the strength of society as a whole and extending their consequences in troubled families from one generation to the next. - John F. Kennedy Canadians, especially Canadian women, can no longer expect as much from their government; rights that were formerly guaranteed by our welfare state are no longer applicable and are quickly disappearing. Social spending has been drastically cu ....