Finance committee  Thank you for that. When you have a project that's gone on for 24 years, not only do you sometimes not get it exactly right, but you clearly learn and improve year after year. I'll look into that in terms of the detail but also, absolutely, in terms of the content, and I'm going

Finance committee  Thank you for your support all these years. I hope our projections will be as clear, definite and accurate during the years of this Liberal government. I think they have been so far. Taxing pollution is not the only tool available, but it is an important tool given the major, ex

Finance committee  That's a good question. I don't believe it does, because the Canada child benefit is not a child care expenditure. That's the difference.

Finance committee  I will play my role for the broader collective first, and I will refer you to pages 47 and 48 of the alternative federal budget, published yesterday as well. Quickly, we have three recommendations that were brought together by the broader civil society folks. First of all, it's

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for the opportunity to present our recommendations today. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We produce the research and analysis necessary for policy-makers, activists and ev