Each year, the Canadian Labour Congress and the Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations make submissions to the federal government as it prepares for the upcoming year’s budget. Below are links to both submissions.
Friday, August 14, 2009 at 1:44PM by UWFA CAUT Analysis of Federal Budget 2009
The 2009 federal Budget comes at a time when the economy is facing its most serious downturn in a generation. The financial meltdown that has spread throughout the world is now being felt in the real economy. Economic growth is retracting rapidly, job losses are mounting, the value of assets and savings are being eroded, and more and more businesses and households are facing bankruptcy… (more)
Missed Opportunities: Budget ignores vital role for post-secondary education
(Ottawa, ON – January 27, 2009) The group representing university and college educators in Canada says today’s federal budget is filled with half-hearted measures that will not adequately stimulate the Canadian economy, will do little for the most vulnerable, and will fail to meet the needs of Canada’s vital post-secondary education sector… (more)
Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 2:49PM by UWFA budget, federal government, post-secondary education in Affiliates