Summing up the thinking of twenty social action groups and various independent economists, this new volume shows how federal programs in many areas--including unemployment, poverty, education, health care, the environment and public housing--can be improved without increasing the public debt. The background papers include a detailed description of a wealth tax. The contributors to this volume include many leading academic economists. Co-published with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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"[T]he AFB sets forth, in great detail and with solid facts and figures, an alternative vision for Canada's future--and a vision that clearly and irrefutably can be made a reality... so there's no doubt that an alternative way of running the country does indeed exist, and that it would create a society much more beneficial to most Canadians....a society with far less poverty and unemployment, with a much narrower gap between rich and poor, and with a sturdily rebuilt social security system.
The more Canadians learn that yes, there really is an alternative, the fewer will continue to accept the spurious right-wing claim that there isn't." (Ed Finn Saint John Telegraph-Journal )
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The more Canadians learn that yes, there really is an alternative, the fewer will continue to accept the spurious right-wing claim that there isn't." (Ed Finn Saint John Telegraph-Journal )
"...interesting analysis... different viewpoints are presented in a summarized roundtable discussion of the alternative budget." (Eric P. Mintz Canadian Book Review Annual )
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which outlines the fundamental social and economic rights that should be guaranteed for all people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
income support fund, youth job strategy, enhanced child benefit, social policy renewal, federal program spending, modest carbon tax, federal spending power, national social programs, public service economy, enforcing national standards, wealth transfer tax, fiscal dividend, dividend tax credit, cultural spending, climate change measures, personal income tax system, income surtax, care economy, retirement income system, public pension programs, social policy reform, ecological tax reform, labour market training, training levy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alternative Federal Budget, Bank of Canada, First Nations, Statistics Canada, United States, Paul Martin, Alternative Budget, Canada Health Act, Department of Finance, World Bank, Canada Assistance Plan, Atmospheric Fund, Canada Pension Plan, Royal Commission, British Columbia, Child Care Investment Fund, Equity Participation Foundation, Rational Energy Program, Status of Women Canada, English Canada, English Canadians, International Monetary Fund, Ministerial Council Report, National Social Investment Funds, Atlantic Canada New!
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income support fund, youth job strategy, enhanced child benefit, social policy renewal, federal program spending, modest carbon tax, federal spending power, national social programs, public service economy, enforcing national standards, wealth transfer tax, fiscal dividend, dividend tax credit, cultural spending, climate change measures, personal income tax system, income surtax, care economy, retirement income system, public pension programs, social policy reform, ecological tax reform, labour market training, training levy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alternative Federal Budget, Bank of Canada, First Nations, Statistics Canada, United States, Paul Martin, Alternative Budget, Canada Health Act, Department of Finance, World Bank, Canada Assistance Plan, Atmospheric Fund, Canada Pension Plan, Royal Commission, British Columbia, Child Care Investment Fund, Equity Participation Foundation, Rational Energy Program, Status of Women Canada, English Canada, English Canadians, International Monetary Fund, Ministerial Council Report, National Social Investment Funds, Atlantic Canada New!
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- Rethinking Restructuring: Gender and Change in Canada by Isabella Bakker on page 322, and page 323
- Financial Services (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information on page 43
- Legal Studies by Wanda Walker Roderick on page 52
- Women and Canadian public policy by Janine Brodie on page 322
- Public Sector Downsizing: The Impact on Job Quality in Canada (Research Report) by Canadian Council on Social Development on page 322
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