The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) is an endeavour into what is possible when the public good is at the heart of budgetary planning. It is a unique Canadian collaboration rooted in social justice values and a strong belief in the power of participatory democracy.
This year’s AFB provides the outlines of what true Canadian sovereignty and independence might look like. It does not seek to save the neoliberal model from external threats like Donald Trump but, rather, seeks to build a new model that is Trump-proof—one in which the Canadian economy is resilient, more self-sufficient, and less subject to the whims of the dying empire to our south. Such a project will only be accomplished over the long term. Consider this year’s AFB to be the first steps.
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Introduction
- Affordable housing and homelessness
- Agriculture
- Artificial intelligence
- Arts and culture
- Child care
- Defence
- Employment insurance
- Environment and climate change
- First Nations
- Food security
- Gender equality
- Health care
- Health equity
- Incarceration
- Industrial strategy and sector development
- Infrastructure, cities and transit
- International cooperation
- International trade
- Immigration
- Post secondary education
- Poverty and income security
- Public service
- Racial equity
- Seniors and long-term care
- Veterans
- Taxation
- Macroeconomic and fiscal projections
