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The federal government has unveiled its budget for 2023. The budget promises more funding for health and dental care, affordability and clean energy. The government has promised to address affordability through a one-time grocery rebate that will provide money directly to low-income Canadians. There are also plans to invest more in clean energy and the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
While these are meaningful steps, experts say more needs to be done to address long-standing concerns.
Today, in The Conversation Canada, Valerie Tarasuk and Tim Li from the University of Toronto and Kerry Black from the University of Calgary provide their analysis of the federal budget. Tarasuk and Li outline the benefits and limitations of the grocery rebate, and what the government needs to do to address food insecurity in the long term. While Black discusses the budget’s infrastructure spending and why it’s proven
challenging to bridge Canada’s infrastructure gap.
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The high cost of groceries is exacerbating food insecurity in Canada, but the federal government’s new ‘grocery rebate’ doesn’t go far enough to help.
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Valerie Tarasuk, University of Toronto; Tim Li, University of Toronto
Food insecurity is a problem of income inadequacy. The 2023 federal budget’s “grocery rebate” has the right idea, but falls short.
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The budget is focused on building communities through infrastructure, housing, transit and connectivity.
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Kerry Black, University of Calgary
The 2023 federal budget provides funding for critical infrastructure and clean energy. But long-term planning is needed to fix chronic problems.
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Tania Das Gupta, York University, Canada; Yvonne Su, York University, Canada
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David Soberman, University of Toronto
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Michael Byers, University of British Columbia; Aaron Boley, University of British Columbia
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Rene Van Acker, University of Guelph; Evan Fraser, University of Guelph; Lenore Newman, University of The Fraser Valley
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Arts
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Ilana Webster-Kogen, SOAS, University of London
Her exquisite piano compositions drew fans to the Jerusalem monastery where she lived after fleeing Ethiopia.
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Culture + Society
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Evan Smith, Flinders University
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Politics
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Joseph Yaw Asomah, University of Manitoba
Ghana’s flawed democracy has failed to establish mechanisms to effectively control corruption.
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