Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget [2] partners. More information will be added as it is available.
Commentary and Analysis
- Lost and found: What budget language says about government priorities [3], by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
- Water funding in federal budget a mirage [4], by Emma Lui (Council of Canadians)
- HarperCons table election budget, cross their fingers [5], by Trish Hennessy (CCPA-ON)
- Armine Yalnizyan and her co-panelists discuss the federal budget [6] on The Exchange with Amanda Lang (CBC)
- The Big Picture: More tax cuts for the rich, nothing for jobs and working Canadians [7], by Toby Sanger (CUPE)
- Harper government's vaunted economic prowess fails [8], Lynne Fernandez (CCPA-MB)
- My “Top Five” Most Outrageous Things About This Budget [9], by Jim Stanford (Unifor)
- We don’t need a surplus, we need jobs [10], by David Macdonald (CCPA)
- Budget 2015: Here’s a cheque, now go create some jobs [11], by Kate McInturff (CCPA)
- Three Things You Need To Know, Going Into This Year’s Federal Budget [12], by Armine Yalnizyan (CCPA)
- The TFSA Shouldn’t Be Scrapped, It Should Be Fixed: Budget 2015 [13], by Armine Yalnizyan (CCPA)
- A Better Balance: Five Items That Should Be in the Federal Budget But Won’t Be [14], by David Macdonald (CCPA)
Organizational Responses
- Assembly of First Nations (AFN) [15]
- Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO) [16]
- Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) [17]
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) [18]
- Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) [19]
- Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) [20]
- Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) [21]
- Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAC) [22]
- Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) [23]
- The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) [24]
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) [25]
- Unifor [23]