This first Conservative budget is a lost opportunity for working families. Instead of investing in the services people have waited years to see, this budget squanders the surplus on more corporate tax cuts.
As a result of this budget, child care wait lists will go up, pollution will go up, and student debt will go up.
On child care, the Conservatives fall $3-billion short on the multi-year funding needed to create real spaces. On the environment, there’s a Liberal-style cheque with no implementation plan. On education, they’ve traded away last yearâe(TM)s progress toward making education more affordable.
After the budget speech, Jack Layton was clear: there’s not nearly enough here for working families to warrant serious consideration of NDP support.
See more NDP reaction to the budget here.
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