2003 federal budget

The federal budget outlines the economic state of the nation, and sets out the priorities and plans for the future. This ISSUE file contains links to the federal budget and to selected materials from the child care and social policy community in the following sections: Backgrounders, The budget, Media coverage (pre and post-budget), Responses, and Other federal budget-related documents. This list will be updated as more material becomes available.

Child care backgrounder: Federal budget 2003
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, February 18, 2003
Full text of the backgrounder.

Putting promises into action: Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance Pre-Budget Consultation
September 9, 2002
SOURCE Campaign 2000
Full brief and News alert available.

Parent Voices federal budget watch
SOURCE: Parent Voices
Information kit available.

Budget 2003: Child poverty backgrounder
February 12, 2003
SOURCE Campaign 2000
Backgrounder and news alert.

Alternative federal budget 2003: The cure for the common budget
February 12, 2003
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Full report in pdf and Media release in html.

CCSD's pre budget statement
February 17, 2003
SOURCE: Canadian Council on Social Development,
Full statement.

THE BUDGET

Budget 2003
Released February 18, 2003
Full budget in various formats including background documents.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Media coverage of the federal budget and child care
Contains links to a variety of articles.

PRE-BUDGET

Ottawa set to boost funds for child care
by Shawn McCarthy, The Globe and Mail, February 12, 2003.
Newspaper article.

Stewart wins funding commitment for child care and compassionate leave
Norma Greenaway, CanWest News Wire, The Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 2003.
Newspaper article.

Our future rides on this budget.
Charles Coffey and Buzz Hargrove, OPED, The Globe and Mail, February 17, 2003.
Newspaper article.

Child care's time may have come
by Carol Goar, Editorial, The Toronto Star, February 17, 2003.
Newspaper article.

POST-BUDGET

Ontario resists daycare funding plan
CBC Radio, February 19, 2003
Transcript available

Budget offers Manitoba scraps: Selinger
CP, February 18, 2003.
Newspaper article.

Analysing the federal budget's impact on daycare
CTV News and Current Affairs, February 19, 2003.
Newspaper article.

The budget's unchained malady
by Alex Munter, The Globe and Mail, February 20, 2003.
Newspaper article.

Let's get moving on child care
Opinion, The New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, February 21, 2003.
Newspaper article.

Impact of the National Child Benefit boost
The House, CBC Radio, February 22, 2003.
Transcript.

Child care funding falls short of hopes but could relieve frazzled parents
by Sue Bailey, CP, February 22, 2003
Newspaper article.

Another tantalizing promise of a day-care program. But advocates wary of new plan: Previous pledges have been broken
by Valerie Lawton, The Toronto Star, February 22, 2003.
Newspaper article.

RESPONSES

Minister of Human Resources in studio to discuss developments in childcare
SOURCE: Vancouver CBC Radio, March 10, 2003
Available in audio only; transcript not available.

The 2003 budget: Political legacy needs policy architecture
Ken Battle, Sherri Torjman and Michael Mendelson, February 2003
SOURCE: Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Full paper in pdf.

CCSD's response to the budget
SOURCE: Canadian Council on Social Development, February 18, 2003
Full response available

Quality child care must be more than a matter of luck
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada/ Canadian Child Care Federation, February 18, 2003
SOURCE: Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
Press release.

Put conditions on federal child care funds, and expand the home care program
SOURCE: BC Government and Service Employee's Union, February 18, 2003
Press release.

Deferred investments leave children behind
SOURCE: Campaign 2000, February 19, 2003
Press release

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C's reponse to the 2003 federal budget
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C., February 20, 2003
Press release in pdf.

OTHER FEDERAL BUDGET RELATED MATERIALS

Other Alternative Federal Budget 2003 materials.

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