Alternative Federal Budget Updates
Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget partners. More information will be added as it is available.
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February 21, 2014 |
National Office 2014 marks the 19th anniversary of the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB). Each year the Alternative Federal Budget shows what the federal government could do if it decided to seriously tackle...
February 11, 2014 |
National Office On Tuesday, November 5th, CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald was asked to present to the federal Finance Committee as part of the committee’s pre-budget consultations. Read the full transcript of...
November 8, 2013 |
National Office Join us in Ottawa Thursday, April 25 for a forum on the changing nature of federal budgets featuring former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page.
The Budget in Focus: A forum on the changing...
April 15, 2013 |
National Office The following CCPA staff, research associates, and Alternative Federal Budget partners have posted their budget analysis on our blog (watch this space—we'll be posting links as they come in):
David...
March 21, 2013 |
National Office On March 12th, the CCPA released the Alternative Federal Budget 2013: Doing Better Together. This year's AFB shows how growth-killing austerity can be replaced by a plan that strengthens the economy...
March 11, 2013 |
National Office More than ever, Canada needs a budget that allows us to take back our future and to restore a sense of the public good — a sense that we can do better togetherrather than continuing on the dead-end...
March 6, 2013 |
National Office According to a new study by CCPA economists Marc Lee and Iglika Ivanova, Canada’s tax system is in dire need of reform.
Fairness by Design: A Framework for Tax Reform in Canada finds that ad-hoc tax...
February 13, 2013 |
National Office Federal budgets have always been very removed from everyday life. But it doesn't have to be that way. They can be participatory and ask regular Canadians howthey want their tax dollars spent, instead...
February 12, 2013 |
National Office Today CCPA released a paper on sector development policy by Jim Stanford. The general goal of sector development policy is to attain a more desirable sectoral mix in the economy, winning a greater...
April 4, 2012 |
National Office The federal budget will leave Canadians peniless in more ways than one. Read CCPA's news release in reaction to the budget here.
The following CCPA staff and research associates have posted their...
March 29, 2012 |
National Office Saskatchewan Director Simon Enoch discusses the upcoming federal budget and the CCPA's Alternative Budget with Prairie Dog's Gregory Beatty. Read more here.
March 22, 2012 |
Saskatchewan Office Today, CCPA releases the Alternative Federal Budget 2012: A Budget for the Rest of Us. This year's AFB presents a public investment plan that promotes a better quality of life for all Canadians, not...
March 15, 2012 |
National Office As part of the consultations undertaken in preparation of our forthcoming Alternative Federal Budget, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives hosted an economist roundtable, The Global Economic...
February 8, 2012 |
National Office Old Age Security (OAS) is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. Canadians build on that foundation, saving for their retirement with benefits from the Canada or Quebec...
February 8, 2012 |
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