Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Budget 2019: A win for the women’s movement—but we won’t get there without child care

by Katherine Scott on March 21, 2019 A meaningful feminist agenda demands bold action and sustained funding to achieve significant change in the lives of women and girls. Budget 2019 targets many areas essential to...

SK Budget 2019: “Thanks for cleaning up the mess we made!”

by Simon Enoch on March 21, 2019 Yesterday’s Saskatchewan budget didn’t hold many surprises and that was probably to be expected. Scott Moe’s government has yet to face the electorate and has no...

Budget 2019: A small step on the long road to national pharmacare

by Danyaal Raza on March 21, 2019 For many observers,  incremental change has come to define the federal government’s approach to policy change. With the release of this week’s federal budget, it is clear that...

Budget 2019 fiddles while climate crisis looms

by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on March 20, 2019 Climate action under the current federal government has followed a now-familiar pattern: identify the need for real change, commit to taking ambitious action, and then propose...

Aim high, spend low: Federal budget 2019

by David Macdonald on March 19, 2019 The Liberal government has given us an election budget, but it’s hedged. Despite a “surprise” boost in government revenue, there aren’t many big ticket items compared to previous...