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Liberals’ patchwork reinvestment strategy leaves public services underfunded, says Ontario Alternative Budget
TORONTO— According to an Ontario Alternative Budget technical paper released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the McGuinty government’s current fiscal plan would…
Ontario’s Fiscal Windfall
Setting up Good News This Year, or Next? Download 90.13 KB3 pages
2006 BC Budget creates credibility deficit
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the provincial government is once again low-balling revenues, understating 2006/07’s projected…
Wanted: An honest budget debate
BC Solutions Budget shows money is available to improve lives of women, share benefits of economic growth CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver)…
BC Solutions Budget 2006
Budgeting for Women’s Equality (A Gender Budget) Download 275.45 KB39 pages Attachments Summary: BC Solutions Budget 2006
McGuinty government has no one else to blame for public services gap
TORONTO—Ontario’s finances are in substantially better shape than the McGuinty government’s constant cries of poverty would suggest, says a new study from the Ontario Alternative…
Mind the Gap
Time for Ontario to Address its Public Services Gap Download 287.6 KB 12 pages
Minority governments achieve progress for people, says Alternative Federal Budget
OTTAWA—Today the Alternative Federal Budget released a detailed report card on the achievements of the 2004-05 Minority Parliament and awarded the Martin Minority an overall…
Minority Report
A Report Card on the 2004-05 Minority Government Download 360.42 KB
Surely there are better ways to allocate the cash
The Liberals were long criticized for padding their budget forecasts, to disguise the true extent of Ottawa’s surpluses. But, with an election then in the…
CCPA-SK organizes Citizens’ Budget Commission
The Saskatchewan government appointed a commission to review business taxes in Saskatchewan earlier in the year. This Business Tax Commission will release its report on…
Alternative Federal Budget decodes the spin, provides a guide to the Economic and Fiscal Update
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Monday’s Economic and Fiscal Update is animated more by politics than economics. In the present political circumstances the temptation for…
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