Ten proposals from the 2018 Alternative Federal Budget

Summary:
I’ve written a blog post about this year’s Alternative Federal Budget (AFB). Points raised in the blog post include the following: -This year’s AFB would create 470,000 (full-time equivalent) jobs in its first year alone. By year 2 of the plan, 600,000 new (full-time equivalent) jobs will exist. -This year’s AFB will also bring in universal pharmacare, address involuntary part-time employment among women, eliminate tuition fees for all post-secondary students in Canada, speed up implementation of the federal carbon tax, and increase the corporate tax rate from 15% to 21%. -I’m particularly intrigued by the AFB’s poverty reduction measures, which include a sizeable top-up to the GST rebate, a billion annual transfer to the provinces and territories, increases to seniors’ benefits, and

Topics:
Nick Falvo considers the following as important: aboriginal peoples, Canada, carbon pricing, Child Care, climate change, corporate income tax, CPP, deficits, economic thought, Employment, Employment Insurance, environment, federal budget, fiscal federalism, fiscal policy, health care, housing, income support, indigenous people, inequality, labour market, macroeconomics, political economic thought, post-secondary education, Poverty, progressive economic strategies, public services, Role of government, seniors, social policy, taxation, Unemployment, user fees, women, working time

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