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Readers should be cautious in using the survey
data to evaluate specific Maintenance Enforcement Programs or to generalize
the results to all support orders in Canada. The MEPs across Canada differ
in a number of important aspects because of different local needs and policies.
These differences include client profile, enforcement powers in legislation,
enforcement practices, the enrolment process, how payments are handled and
registered, the responsibilities of clients, and how cases are closed.
For more information about the differences between the two surveys,
refer to the Methodology Section. New Brunswick provided data for the SMEP
for March 2008 and are included in some of the tables.