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* A
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* A
Sixth Report to Canadians - September 2010
* A
Fifth Report to Canadians - March 2010
*
A Fourth Report to Canadians - December 2009
*
A Third Report to Canadians
- September 2009
* A
Second Report to Canadians - June 2009
*
A First Report to Canadians - March 2009
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Harper Government Highlights Tax Relief
for 2012
http://www.fin.gc.ca/n11/11-149-eng.asp
December 30, 2011
The Harper Government today highlighted the following important tax changes
taking effect in 2012:
* The federal general corporate income tax rate is reduced to 15 per cent.
(...)
* The Family Caregiver Tax Credit comes into effect; it's a 15-per-cent
non-refundable tax credit on an amount of $2,000 providing tax relief
for caregivers(...)
* The temporary accelerated capital cost allowance rate for investments
in manufacturing or processing machinery and equipment was extended to
2013.
In addition to these changes, as of January 1, 2012, Canadians will have
a new $5,000 of room to invest in their Tax-Free Savings Account.
Source:
Finance Canada
http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.asp
Family Caregiver Tax Credit
http://www.budget.gc.ca/2011/themes/theme3-eng.html
Effective January 1, 2012, the new Family Caregiver Tax Credit, a 15-per-cent
non-refundable credit on an amount of $2,000, will provide tax relief
for caregivers of infirm dependent relatives, including, for the first
time, spouses, common-law partners and minor children.
Source:
2011 Federal Budget
http://www.budget.gc.ca/2011/home-accueil-eng.html
For more information on tax relief for Canadians,
see the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan:
http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?featureId=4
Related links:
Submission to the Standing Senate
Committee on National Finance (PDF - 56K, 11 pages)
http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/968ENG.pdf
By Sherri Torjman and Ken Battle
December 2011
This paper was submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on National
Finance in response to Part 1: Amendments to the Income Tax Act and Related
Regulations of Bill C-13 Keeping Canada’s Economy and Jobs Growing
Act. The submission focuses on three main measures in the Bill: the
Family Caregiver Tax Credit, Children’s Arts Tax Credit and Gas
Tax Fund. We were pleased to see recognition of caregiver needs in Bill
C-13. But we do not support the design of the new measure, which will
deny assistance to lower-income families and provide tax assistance to
non-poor families, including the well-off.
Source:
Caledon Institute of Social Policy
http://www.caledoninst.org/
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Harper’s unlikely social breakthrough
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1102957
By Carol Goar
December 15, 2011
The pickings have been slim this year for Canadians
looking to their government for help, support or relief. Prime
Minister Stephen Harper’s watchwords are restraint, austerity and
cutbacks. Most premiers and mayors have followed his lead, leaving nowhere
for the unemployed, poor, hungry and hopeless to turn. But,
against this dismal backdrop, one social innovation did make it onto the
national agenda. Approximately half a million caregivers — people
who voluntarily look after infirm spouses, frail, elderly parents and
children with serious health problems — will soon get Canada’s
first Family Caregiver Tax Credit.It is extremely
modest: less than $1 a day. It is regressive; high-income caregivers get
maximum credit, low-income caregivers qualify for little or nothing. And
it is selective; 82 per cent of the 2.7 million Canadians who sacrifice
their income, career prospects and sometimes their health to care for
loved ones, aren’t eligible. Still, it’s
the first acknowledgement by the federal government that caregivers play
a vital role in providing low-cost, round-the-clock health care.
Source:
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/
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- Go to the 2011 Canadian Government
Budgets Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets_2011.htm
|
Budget 2011 analysis and commentary - selected sources |
Related reports and analysis:
(Links below are in reverse chronological order, starting with the June
6 [2011] federal budget.)
From
Finance Canada:
Government
of Canada reintroduces the next phase
of Canada's Economic Action Plan --- a low-tax plan for jobs and growth
June 6, 2011
News Release
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today reintroduced Budget
2011, the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan—A Low-Tax
Plan for Jobs and Growth.“Implementing the Next Phase of Canada’s
Economic Action Plan will preserve Canada’s advantage in the global
economy; strengthen the financial security of Canadian workers, seniors
and families; and provide the stability necessary to secure our recovery
in an uncertain world,” said Minister Flaherty. On March 22, 2011,
the Government tabled Budget 2011, the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic
Action Plan—A Low-Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth, in the House of Commons.
However, that budget was not adopted prior to the dissolution of Parliament
on March 26, 2011.
- includes budget 2011 highlights
Budget
2011
The Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan—A Low-Tax Plan
for Jobs and Growth
June 6, 2011
Main budget page, includes links to:
* Budget
Plan
All updates to the Budget 2011 text are highlighted in blue.
Updates to the tables and charts are indicated in the notes to each table
and chart.
* Budget
in Brief
* Budget
Speech
Previous federal budgets - back to 1995
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Budget analysis and coverage:
Flaherty
sticks to deficit pledge, but adds no details
June 6, 2011
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warned that government programs will be cut
in order to balance the books by 2014-2015, as he tabled a revised budget
Monday.
Source:
CBC News
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Canadian
Tax Alert, Federal Budget Highlights
June 6, 2011
Highlights:
* Measures concerning businesses
* Measures concerning individuals
* Custom tariff measures
* Other measures
Source:
Deloitte
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Highlights
of 2011 federal budget
June 6, 2011
detailed list of highlights
Source:
Dose.ca
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Budget
2011: Don’t look behind the curtain
June 6, 2011
By David Macdonald
Definitely nothing new to see here. The boutique tax cuts are still there,
so are the small programs from the failed March 22nd budget. The government
was even good enough to put on track changes to prove beyond a shadow of
a doubt that this is the same budget and little has changed. The only real
change is the elimination of 1/3rd of the public service…wooow wait
a minute, that’s a huge change!!!
The proposed cuts to the public service worth
$11 billion over 4 years starting next year are not just musings anymore,
as they were in the March 22nd budget, they are now part of the fiscal framework.
They will be implemented starting next year.
Source:
Behind the Numbers
- A blog by the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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From the
Progressive Economics
Forum:
The
$0.3 Billion Question
By Jim Stanford
June 6, 2011
Machiavelli has nothing on these guys. (...) The primary debate should not
be about what gets cut, but why we’re cutting in the first place. It
sure isn’t about converting a $0.3 billion deficit into a balanced
budget.
Federal
Budget Refried
By Toby Sanger
June 6, 2011
Was it worth the wait? Hardly. Today’s federal budget is about as appetizing
as two month-old pizza warmed up in the microwave.
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From
Treasury Board
of Canada Secretariat:
Treasury
Board President Clement Lays
Groundwork for Responsible Government Spending
June 3, 2011
Ottawa – The Honourable Tony Clement tabled
his first document as President of the Treasury Board today, laying the
foundation for responsible government spending with the 2011–12 Main
Estimates. (...) The 2011–12 Main Estimates total
$250.8 billion in expenditures for transfer payments and operating
and capital costs, as well as public debt charges. The Main Estimates
provide a listing of the resources required by individual departments and
agencies for the upcoming fiscal year.
Backgrounder - the big picture
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Federal
budget set to unleash significant program spending cuts: CCPA
News Release
June 1, 2011
OTTAWA—Monday’s federal budget is expected to unleash one of the
biggest assaults on the public sector in Canada’s history, says a new
Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) report by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives (CCPA).The report gives Canadians a sense of what to expect
from the Harper government’s first majority budget, telegraphing a
hard shift to the right.
The AFB report:
Budget
2011 Redux
What's New in Version 2 (PDF - 223K,
6 pages)
June 1, 2011
(...) Canadians can expect this budget will incorporate the Conservatives’
campaign commitments to high priced political promises such as an HST deal
with Quebec and extend the growth in federal transfers to the provinces
and territories for health care. It will carry on with major prison builds,
and continue the most extravagant growth in investment on military hardware
in Canadian post-war history. It will also followthrough with cuts to corporate
income taxes, an issue that unleashed prolonged and vigorous debate about
how best to spur job-creation and maintain badly needed public revenues.
Source:
Alternate
Federal Budget Project
[ Canadian Centre
for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) ]
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Budget 2010 analysis and commentary - selected sources |
Economic
Forecast Shows Federal Government Is on the Right Track
October 12, 2010
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today released an
update of the Government's economic and fiscal projections. The update
clearly demonstrates that Canada remains on track to return to a balanced
budget over the medium term. (...) Canada's
Economic Action Plan has underpinned a solid and enviable economic
recovery, and Canada has recouped virtually all of the output lost during
the recession. As a result of this solid economic performance, nearly
423,000 jobs have been created in Canada since July 2009.
Related documents:
*
Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections
* Speech by the Honourable
Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance to the Mississauga Chinese Business
Association
* Fiscal
Reference Tables October 2010
* Annual Financial
Report of the Government of Canada Fiscal Year 2009–2010
Source:
Department
of Finance Canada
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Minister
of Finance Introduces the Sustaining Canada’s Economic Recovery Act
News Release
September 30, 2010
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today continued the
Government of Canada’s focus on the economy by introducing the Sustaining
Canada’s Economic Recovery Act in the House of Commons. The Act,
which includes measures from Budget 2010, represents a key component of
Canada’s Economic Action Plan. (...)
The Act includes measures to:
Help Canadian Families Get Ahead
* Indexing the Working Income Tax Benefit
* Allowing Registered Retirement Savings Plan proceeds to be transferred
to a Registered Disability Savings Plan on a tax-deferred basis
* Allowing a 10-year carry forward for Registered Disability Savings Plan
grants and bonds
* Implementing Employee Life and Health Trusts
* Further strengthening federally regulated pension plans
Cut Red Tape
Close Down Tax Loopholes
Protect Consumers
Promote Clean Energy
More details on these and other measures from
Budget 2010 are available at www.budget.gc.ca
Source:
Finance Canada
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Government
of Canada Moves Forward
With Tax Relief and Benefits for Canadians
News Release
September 28, 2010
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today tabled in the
House of Commons a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement key tax
relief measures from Budget 2010. (...)
The Notice of Ways and Means Motion includes tax measures to:
* Index the Working Income Tax Benefit.
* Provide for the sharing of the Canada Child Tax Benefit and the Universal
Child Care Benefit in cases of shared custody.
* Allow Registered Retirement Savings Plan proceeds to be transferred
to a Registered Disability Savings Plan on a tax-deferred basis.
* Address aggressive tax planning techniques related to Tax-Free Savings
Accounts.
* Amend labour-sponsored venture capital corporation rules relating to
Tax-Free Savings Accounts.
* more...
More details on these and other measures can be found in the attached Notice of Ways and Means Motion and detailed explanatory notes, as well as the March 2010 federal budget
Related Documents:
* Explanatory
Notes Relating to the Income Tax Act, the Air Travellers Security Charge
Act,
the Excise Act, 2001, the Excise Tax Act and Related Acts and Regulations
(PDF - 394K, 124 pages)
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March 11, 2009 IMF Link: Transcript
of a Conference Call on Canada’s 2009 Article IV Consultation |
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Budget 2009 analysis and commentary - selected sources |
Bad-times
budget delivers billions in tax cuts, spending
Flaherty forecasts annual deficits through to 2013, starting at $33.7B
January 27, 2009
NOTE: scroll down the page for dozens of links to budget analysis
under "IN DEPTH: Federal budget 2009" (right-hand margin of
the page)
Source:
CBC
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Source:
CTV
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Need
and stimulus in harmony
January 20, 2009
Putting money in the hands of low- and moderate-income Canadians as a
way to stimulate spending is an idea with remarkably wide consensus. The
big banks in Toronto believe in it. Economists in Western Canada believe
in it. The poor apparently don't object, either. In the current situation,
it makes more sense than broad-based middle-class tax cuts. Money spent
on stimulus needs to stimulate. (Middle-class tax cuts wouldn't.) It should
also improve Canada's long-term productivity, where possible (permanent
tax cuts would), and it should not saddle taxpayers with a permanent budget
deficit (the tax cuts might). And there's an onus on government to protect
those who will be hardest hit in bad times.
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Tax
cuts mean $5.9B loss in revenue
Tories say they want people to spend; ignore warnings not to chop across
the board
January 28, 2009
By Tonda MacCharles
OTTAWA–The Conservative government has proposed widespread tax relief
for small businesses, homeowners, seniors, and low- and middle-income
Canadians. The budget calls for tax measures that will leave more money
in more people's pockets, including the sprawling middle class, whose
support the Conservatives covet. The moves will take an additional 265,000
Canadians off the tax rolls altogether, largely through changes to the
basic personal income tax exemption and to the seniors' Age Credit. But
the tax changes will come at a cost to the federal treasury.
Source:
The Toronto Star
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Tax cuts, not spending, needed to stimulate economy:
think-tank [DEAD
LINK]
By Eric Beauchesne
January 12, 2009
OTTAWA - The federal government should cut spending but permanently decrease
personal income and business taxes in its Jan. 27 budget to stimulate
the economy, the Fraser Institute advised Monday. “Increasing government
spending, whether it’s on bailouts for inefficient industries or
increased unemployment benefits, will lead to a deficit that will saddle
Canadians with higher taxes in the future,” said Niels Veldhuis,
senior economist at the Vancouver-based think-tank.
(...)
The advice, however, runs counter to that from left-leaning groups, which
have called for increased spending - especially on the unemployed and
low-income workers to cushion them against the impact of the recession
and stimulate the economy. It’s also different from most mainstream
economists and business groups, which have called for, and what Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty has indicated will be in the budget, which is a
combination of increased spending and lower taxes.
Source:
Vancouver Sun
Economy
best served by reducing government spending and permanently cutting taxes
News Release
January 12, 2009
Source:
The Fraser Institute
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2009 Budget Analysis - various sources:
* Wellesley Institute * Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives*
Canadian Union of Public Employees * Canadian Labour Congress - Campaign
2000 - Citizens for Public Justice
From the Wellesley Institute:
Fed
budget 2009: Billions in new housing spending, but not for those who need
it the most
January 27, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
This backgrounder provides a first glimpse at housing in federal budget
2009. Additional housing analysis, and analysis of other key issues and
concerns, will be released in the coming days by the Wellesley Institute.
In a nutshell:
* Billions in new housing dollars, but who really benefits?
* Who's left out
* The driveways and decks tax credit
* Less help for those that need it the most
* Most who need housing help won't be able to get it
* Bright Northern Lights
* No new help for people who are homeless
* Re-profiling the dollars
* Housing investments : good for people, communities, economy
* More analysis to come...
$2.075b
for housing in Tuesday's federal budget???
January 25, 2009
By Michael Shapcott
The federal government is busily leaking all sorts of details about Tuesday’s
federal budget – a sharp departure from the usual secrecy that surrounds
spending plans – and the latest “leak” from federal housing
minister Diane Finley in the Sunday Toronto Star sets out $2.075 billion
for housing initiatives. If the spending plans are confirmed in the budget
(and it’s hard to imagine why Minister Finley would be so specific
in her disclosures if she wasn’t in the know), it will mean (quoting
the language in the Star):
• $1 billion to “renovate existing social housing”, including
energy retrofitting;
• $600 million for on-reserve Aboriginal housing;
• $400 million for “seniors’ housing”;
• $75 million for “housing for people with disabilities”.
Source:
Wellesley Institute
Related link:
Social
housing to get boost
Poor, seniors and aboriginals expected to be among
the beneficiaries of more than $2 billion out of federal government's
stimulus package
January 25, 2009
By Bruce Campion-Smith
OTTAWA–The federal government is poised to pump more than $2 billion
into social housing nationwide – a sweeping investment aimed at helping
the poor, aboriginals and seniors, the Star has learned. The spending
is expected to be part of the aggressive stimulus package unveiled in
Tuesday's federal budget and could provide a boost for tradespeople hit
by the slowdown in the new housing market.
Source:
The Toronto Star
- Go to the Homelessness and Housing Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/homeless.htm
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From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
Federal
budget leaves unemployed
January 27, 2009
OTTAWA -- Today’s federal budget leaves hundreds of thousands of vulnerable
Canadians hanging on a very short rope and won’t provide the immediate
stimulus our economy needs, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(CCPA).
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Why
Budget 2009 Leaves Canadians in the Cold
January 28, 2009
For Stephen Harper, the only thing that matters about the 2009 budget
is that it meets the political imperatives he imposed on himself with
his disastrous December fudgit-budget. On that front, he and we are in
the hands of Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. But
for Canadians, the only thing that really matters is how effective the
budget will be as a response to the biggest economic crisis to hit this
country in more than 75 years.
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Straight
Goods interview with
CCPA’s senior economist Armine Yalnizyan on the budget (YouTube
video)
January 27, 2009
[ Straight Goods ]
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Five
tests for Canada’s next federal budget
Press Release
January 23, 2009
OTTAWA— The January 27 federal budget will be one of the most important
in Canada’s history and should meet five key tests, says the Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). “What’s in this budget
matters, more than ever,” says CCPA Senior Economist Marc Lee. “Canadians
expect a budget that will stave off the worst of the current recession,
keep and create jobs, and lay the groundwork for a fairer, greener, and
more sustainable economy.”
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More
stimulus required in Tuesday’s budget
Editorial
January 23, 2009
News on Thursday of the government’s stimulus plans should come as
a disappointment to Canadians. The Conservative’s continued underestimation
of the economic crisis will force Canadians to suffer higher job losses
and a longer recession than necessary.
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Budget in Brief (PDF - 210K, 12 pages) Version française: Source: |
An
economic stimulus plan for Canada’s economy and its people
Editorial
January 13, 2009
By David Macdonald & Armine Yalnizyan
In the weeks leading up to the January 27 federal budget, Jim Flaherty
is hinting that he will turn, once more, to the traditional Conservative
fix for everything: tax cuts. Not only is this response yesterday’s
news, it is the wrong answer for today’s problems. Tax cuts are not
the kind of economic stimulus that would re-ignite consumer confidence,
and there’s proof of that south of the border.
Related link:
Alternative
Budget stimulus package injects
2% of GDP into economy and creates 407,000 jobs
Press Release
January 6, 2009
OTTAWA—Today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released
the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) fiscal stimulus plan, a one-year
package that would create 407,000 jobs, boost the economy by 3%, and help
protect Canadians from the worst of a recession.
Complete report:
Leadership
for Tough Times:
Alternative Federal Budget Fiscal Stimulus Plan (PDF - 330K,
28 pages)
January 2009
Source:
Alternative
Federal Budget - incl. links to over two dozen earlier alternative budget
papers
[ Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan
research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice.
Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices
in public policy debates.]
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Harper
“stimulus” budget falls far short
January 29, 2009
Faced with the prospect of losing their grip on power, the Harper government
has made a big show of taking action to address the economic and financial
crisis, but it still falls far short of what is needed to revive the economy,
create jobs and protect the vulnerable.
CUPE's Budget Analysis
- includes links to separate analyses (posted between January 28 and January
30) for the following:
* Federal
Budget 2009 and Women
* Federal Budget 2009
and Water
* Federal Budget
2009 and Early Learning and Child Care
* Federal
Budget 2009 and Municipal Infrastructure
* Federal Budget
2009 and Privatization
* Federal Budget
2009 and Health Care
* Federal
Budget 2009 and Employment Insurance (EI)
* Federal
Budget 2009 and Post-secondary Education
* Federal Budget
2009 and Pensions
* Federal Budget
2009 and the Environment
* Federal Budget
2009 and Aboriginal Issues
* Federal
Budget 2009 and Social Services
NOTE: In the right-hand margin of the CUPE Budget Analysis page, you'll
also find links to the following related budget items:
* News * Reports * Fact sheets * Research papers * Briefs to government
* Video * Audio * Resolutions * Economic Briefs
Federal
Budget 2009: Initial Report Card
January 29, 2009
How well did the budget deliver on these three key areas of concern?
1. stimulating the economy,
2. protecting the vulnerable, and
3. saving and creating jobs by rebuilding the economy
Source:
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is Canada’s largest union.
With 570,000 members across Canada, CUPE represents workers in health care,
education, municipalities, libraries, universities, social services, public
utilities, transportation, emergency services and airlines.
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Canadian
Labour Congress
Final Budget 2009 Analysis
By Andrew Jackson
January 28, 2009
- includes "What We Wanted" and "What We Got" in
the following areas:
* Impact on Jobs and the Economy
* Investment in Public Infrastructure and Housing
* The Manufacturing and Wider Jobs Crisis
* Employment Insurance Benefits
* Pensions
* Support for Training and Labour Adjustment
* Federal-Provincial Transfers and the Future of
Public Services
* Equality and Inclusion
* Global Issues
NOTE: the CLC Final Budget 2009 Analysis appears on the Relentlessly
Progressive Economics Blog, which also includes budget-related posts
by other progressive economists (See "Recent Blog Posts" in
the right-hand margin of the page for links)
Source:
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress is the largest democratic and popular organization
in Canada with over three million members. The Canadian Labour Congress
brings together Canada's national and international unions, the provincial
and territorial federations of labour and 130 district labour councils.
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From Campaign 2000:
Family
Security in Insecure Times:
Poverty Reduction as Poverty Prevention
Submission to
Federal Conservative Pre-Budget Consultation
January 8, 2009
By Laurel Rothman
National Coordinator, Campaign 2000
"(...) Increased public expenditures are needed to prevent further
child and family poverty and to stem an even wider gap between rich and
poor as Canada enters a recession. The cost of poverty is high for all
Canadians. There is good evidence that as a society we either share the
collective responsibility to prevent and reduce child and family poverty,
or we face rising costs in health care services, criminal justice and
education and reduced output due to high unemployment. The majority of
Canadians agree; in a recent study, an overwhelming majority (92%) say
that if other nations like the UK and Sweden can reduce poverty, so can
Canada. Our choice is clear – we can pay now or pay later. Campaign
2000 believes that paying now to improve life chances and provide more
opportunities for independence and success makes good sense."
Source:
Campaign 2000
Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to build Canadian
awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution
to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
Related links:
Open
Letter to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
from the (Ontario) 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
January 13, 2008
Dear Minister Flaherty,
We are writing on behalf of the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
to urge you to make social investments and poverty reduction top priorities
in the upcoming January 27 federal budget. Evidence is mounting that investments
in infrastructure, such as affordable housing and early learning and child
care, along with strengthening the incomes of vulnerable families and
adults, will reduce poverty. At the same time it will create jobs and
stimulate demand in local economies across Canada.On the other hand, general
income tax and GST cuts have been shown to be ineffective and a weak substitute
for social investments when it comes to economic stimulus...
Source:
25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
25-in-5 is a multi-sectoral network endorsed by more than 1500 provincial
and Toronto-based organizations and individuals working on eliminating
poverty. We have organized ourselves around the call for a Poverty Reduction
Plan with a goal to reduce poverty in Ontario by 25% in 5 years and 50%
in 10 years.
Support Affordable
Housing in the Budget and Stimulus Package
- Action Alert from ACORN
Flaherty
must do all he can to throw Canadians a lifeline
...say Armine Yalnizyan and David Macdonald in Toronto
Star op-ed (Jan 10).
Instead of the usual tax cuts, he should target tax initiatives to social
investments where they'll be most effective
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Stimulus
Package Remains a Lost Opportunity
January 28, 2009
While CPJ applauds Budget 2009 for its effort to address the economic
crisis through economic stimulus, it is also a lost opportunity to make
greater investments that would promote the dignity and well-being of the
poor and marginalized. It also lacks adequate investments in social infrastructure
or sustainable development. The budget reflects the government’s
unwillingness to promote public justice through measures to protect those
who will suffer the most from the economic crisis. CPJ will strengthen
the call for the federal government to invest in a poverty reduction strategy
and protect the most vulnerable in our society.
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Poverty
Reduction Strategy needed in Budget 2009
December 17, 2008
In a letter
to Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (PDF - 207K, 4 pages), CPJ
calls on the government to present a "visionary stimulus package"
as part of the Federal Budget anticipated for January 27, 2009.
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Vision
to Action: Canada Without Poverty
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance (PDF - 329K,
7 pages)
Pre-Budget Consultations
August, 2008
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Source:
Citizens for Public Justice
We are a faithful response to God’s call for love, justice and stewardship.
(...)
Our mission is to promote public justice in Canada by shaping key public
policy debates through research and analysis, publishing and public dialogue.
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