Commentary and Analysis

• Deficit budget sets new tone for Canada, Toronto Star op-ed by Peter Bleyer & Trish Hennessy (CCPA)
• Federal budget murky on water, says Council of Canadians, by Emma Lui (Council of Canadians)
• Breathe Easy Bank Presidents, Budget Didn’t Touch Stock Option Loopholes, by Dennis Howlett (C4TF)
• Budget 2016: still waiting for the health care litmus test, by Michael Butler (Council of Canadians)
• What regime change means in Budget 2016, by Armine Yalnizyan (CCPA)
• Liberal budget follows through on environmental promises, by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (CCPA)
• And the medal goes to… Ranking Budget 2016, by David Macdonald (CCPA)
• Budget 2016: Not enough Real Change™ for Women, by Kate McInturff (CCPA)
• Five things to watch for in the federal budget, by Armine Yalnizyan (CCPA)
• Five reasons why the deficit should be bigger, not smaller, by David Macdonald (CCPA)

Organizational Responses

• Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
• Association of Canadian Financial Officers (ACFO)
• Broadbent Institute (BI)
• Canada Without Poverty (CWP)
• Canadian Arts Coalition (CAC)
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
• The Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
• Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)
• Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
• Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF)
• Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF)
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
• Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada (CCAAC)
• Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ)
• Nova Scotia Federation of Labour (NSFL)
• The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC)