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.
Commentary and Analysis
- Hunt for mythical internal trade barriers continues in Ottawa, by Scott Sinclair (CCPA)
- Mixed bag for EI in Budget 2016, by Angella MacEwen (CLC)
- What the new federal budget means for BC, by Iglika Ivanova (CCPA-BC)
- Four eye-popping takeaways from the 2016 Federal Budget, NOW Toronto op-ed by Sheila Block (CCPA-ON)
- Federal Budget 2016 - What it means for Manitoba, by Lynne Fernandez (CCPA-MB)
- Council of Canadians campaigners comment on Trudeau's federal budget, by Emma Lui, Michael Butler & Andrea Harden-Donahue (Council of Canadians)
- Deficit budget sets new tone for Canada, Toronto Star op-ed by Peter Bleyer & Trish Hennessy (CCPA)
- Council of Canadians lukewarm on water funding in federal budget, by Emma Lui (Council of Canadians)
- Armine Yalnizyan and the Big Picture Panel discuss Budget 2016 on The Exchange (CBC)
- One of the oldest tricks in the books: Canada’s rich dodge the stock option tax bullet, by Hugh Mackenzie (CCPA)
- Federal Budget 2016: A One Time Fix?, by Andrew Jackson (Broadbent Institute)
- Breathe Easy Bank Presidents, Budget Didn't Touch Stock Option Loopholes, by Dennis Howlett (C4TF)
- Budget 2016: still waiting for the health care litmus test, by Michael Butler (Council of Canadians)
- What regime change means in Budget 2016, by Armine Yalnizyan (CCPA)
- Liberal budget follows through on environmental promises, by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (CCPA)
- And the medal goes to… Ranking Budget 2016, by David Macdonald (CCPA)
- Budget 2016: Not enough Real Change™ for Women, by Kate McInturff (CCPA)
- Five things to watch for in the federal budget, by Armine Yalnizyan (CCPA)
- Five reasons why the deficit should be bigger, not smaller, by David Macdonald (CCPA)
Organizational Responses
- ACORN Canada
- Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
- Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO)
- Broadbent Institute (BI)
- Canada Without Poverty (CWP)
- Canadian Arts Coalition (CAC)
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
- The Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
- Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)
- Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
- Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF)
- Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF)
- Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
- Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC)
- Coalition for Healthy School Food (CHSF)
- Council of Canadians (CoC)
- Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ)
- Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
- National Farmers Union (NFU)
- Nova Scotia Federation of Labour (NSFL)
- Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC)
- Unifor
- United Steelworkers (USW)
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