2003 provincial / territorial budgets

Provincial budgets outline the economic state of the province / territory, and set out the priorities and plans for the future. The following are links to the provincial/ territorial budgets and to selected materials from the child care and social policy community. This list will be updated as the budgets and other materials become available. Governments which have allocated spending in child care been marked with a star (*).

2003-2004 budget
SOURCE: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Various budget materials available.

2003-2004 budget
SOURCE: Government of Prince Edward Island
Various budget materials available.

2003-2004 budget
SOURCE: Government of Nova Scotia
Various budget materials available.

Other reports

Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2003-2004
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, April 2003
Full report in pdf. News release in html

No surprise deliveries
Newspaper article.

Budget 2003-2004: Strengthening prosperity
SOURCE: Government of New Brunswick. Department of Finance
Full document available.

2003-2004 Budget
SOURCE: Government of Quebec

• Budget materials in English
• Budget materials in French
• Supporting families [Supplementary paper] in English
• Supporting families in French

* Allocation to child care found in Supporting families: Supplementary paper in English and French.

2003-2004 budget
SOURCE: Government of Ontario
Various budget materials available.

Other reports

Ontario Alternative Budget 2003
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, April 2, 2003
Full report available in pdf. Highlights and News release in html.

Ontario Alternative Budget 2003 fact sheets: Early childhood education and care
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Ontario, April 2, 2003
Online in html, or available in pdf.

Shameless Tory budget "infomercial" a betrayal of children across Ontario!
SOURCE: Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, March 27, 2003
Media release.

Ontario budget leaves out poor children
SOURCE: Campaign 2000, March 27, 2003
News release.

Pre-budget brief: Moving towards better child care in Ontario.
A Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
SOURCE: Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, January 2003
Full brief in pdf.

Strengthening children and families in Ontario: Putting poverty on the agenda.
Brief to the Ontario Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, January 29, 2003
SOURCEaaa: Campaign 2000
Full brief in pdf.

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

2003-2004 budget
SOURCE: Government of Manitoba
Various budget materials available.

* Allocation to child care found in: Supporting children and families.

Other reports

Child care Manitoba: Why are parents such a low priority?
SOURCE: Child Care Coalition of Manitoba, April 22, 2003
Press release in pdf.

Manitoba Alternative Provincial Budget 2003-04
SOURCE: Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba, April 2003
Full report in pdf. News release.

Saskatchewan provincial budget 2003-2004
SOURCE: Government of Saskatchewan
Various budget materials available.

* Child care and early childhood development in "Healthy and self-reliant families" section of Our plan for 2003-2004.

* Child care in "Strong and vibrant communities" section of Budget address.

* Expanded funding for child care [press release].

Other reports

Gov't gives child-care huge boost
SOURCE: Canadian Press, March 27, 2003
Excerpts of news article.

Saskatchewan Alternative Budget
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Saskatchewan, March 2003
Full report in pdf.

Alberta 2003-2004 budget
SOURCE: Government of Alberta
Various budget materials available.

Early childhood development initiatives found in Children's services business plans 2003.

B.C. budget 2003
Various materials available.

* See "Supporting Families and Communities" section in Budget in brief for child care.

* See 2003/04 - 2005/06 Service plan: Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services for child care.

Other reports

The Advocacy Forum responds to the provincial and federal budgets
SOURCE: Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, Feb 2003
Response in pdf

Where is the investment in human capital?
First Call's response to the Febuary 18, 2003 provincial budget
SOURCE: First Call
Response in pdf

2003 BC solutions budget
SOURCE: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-BC
News release, summary and full paper available.

2003/04 Government of Nunavut Budget
SOURCE: Government of Nunavut, March 11, 2003
Budget address and links to main estimates by Department.

2003-2004 Northwest Territories Budget
SOURCE: Government of the Northwest Territories, February 13, 2003
Various budget materials available.

2003/04 Government of Nunavut Budget
SOURCE: Government of Nunavut, March 11, 2003
Budget address and links to main estimates by Department.

* Child care found in: Business plan 2003-2004: Department of Education.

Yukon Government 2003 budget address
SOURCE: Government of Yukon, March 6, 2003
Full address in pdf.

Yukon Government 2003 budget highlights
SOURCE: Government of Yukon, March 2, 2003
Budget highlights in pdf.

Other reports

Child care needs money to survive
Newspaper article by Jason Small, March 11, 2003
SOURCE: The Whitehorse Star
Excerpts.

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