On March 26, 2012 the federal government tabled their 2011 budget. CRRU has gathered links to the federal budget documents, a selection of responses from child care, social policy and labour groups, as well as media coverage analyzing the budget. More materials will be added as they become available.

Budget 2011

• Budget website [2]
• Budget plan in pdf [3]
• Budget brief in pdf [4]
• Budget speech in pdf [5]

Responses

Federal budget drags Canada into age of austerity: Think tank [6]

Candian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 29 Mar 12

Federal Budget 2012: Death by 1,000 Cuts

Hennessy's Index: A number is never just a numbe [7]r

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 1 Apr 12

-CCPA Alternative Federal Budget [8]

Canada's children told to fend for themselves

Campaign 2000, 29 Mar 12

English [9]

French [10]

Conservative's small-minded budget kills jobs and fails Canadians: CUPE's analysis of the 2012 federal budget [11]

Canadian Union of Public Empoloyees, 29 Mar 12

Austerity budget will shrink economy, cost tens of thousands of jobs and put the environment and health and safety at risk [12]

Public Service Alliance of Canada, 29 Mar 12

News flash!

As part of Canada's Action Plan's Jobs and Growth agenda, a national child care program will finally become a reality.

Like Dick Cheney, Stephen Harper recently had a change of heart.

Oh...April Fool -- still waiting....

         Child care advocates, 1 Apr 12

Media coverage

Walkom: Budget aims to remake Canada in Stephen Harper's image [13]

Toronto Star, 27 Mar 12

Federal budget 2012: Ottawa axes National Council on Welfare [14]

Toronto Star, 30 Mar 12

This Budget Misses the Mark [15]

Huffington Post, 30 Mar 12