Federal budget March 2012 and responses [1]
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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