The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has been, and continues to be, profoundly important to Canadian democracy…. It is virtually unique in its breadth of ideas and its depth of research.
- Ed Broadbent
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 just an elite few. The AFB is designed to:
- tackle poverty and income inequality by investing in public programs like education, affordable housing, public pensions, universal pharmacare, and national child care;
- get Canadians working again by creating jobs and lowering the unemployment rate;
- close tax loopholes for the wealthy, and put an end to the federal government’s failed corporate tax cut experiment;
- get serious about environmental leadership with a forward-looking green strategy;
- repair our cities and build sustainable communities with a long-term physical infrastructure program.
The full budget document, two page summary, and infographics are available in both English and French.