An Ottawa think tank has come out with an alternative federal budget it says would not only deal with Canadians’ largest social, economic and environmental concerns, but also take 855,000 of them out of poverty. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) proposals are contained in a 168-page document titled “Alternative Federal Budget 2014: Striking a Better Balance”, the Centre’s 19th alternative budget, and was release February 5.
The proposals include restructuring existing federal agricultural programs, expanding affordable day care, establishing neighbourhood revitalization programs, cancelling the universal child tax benefit, and improving the Canada Pension Plan.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda spoke to CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald about the Alternative Budget on Monday (February 10), the day before the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper was to release its latest budget.
ListenMore information:
CCPA press release – Alternative Federal Budget would lift 855,000 Canadians out of poverty – here
CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget 2014: Striking a Better Balance – here
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