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Alternative Federal Budget 2025: A platform for the future, from the ground up

16 Sep 2024

8 / A platform for the future, from the ground up The AFB will amend regulations and the Canada Labour Code to ensure the conditions for decent work for everyone. [...] The combined impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, spiralling food and housing costs, the labour force crisis in the care economy, and rising levels of gender-based violence and hate crimes are significantly impacting the health and well-being of marginalized women and gender-diverse people. [...] The AFB will also create an implementation plan that is costed, measurable, and actionable to accelerate the fulfillment of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Calls for Justice and create independent accountability mechanisms to track and assess efforts to combat violence against First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women, 11 / A platform for the future, from the ground up girl. [...] 15 / A platform for the future, from the ground up The AFB will create a permanent role for the federal government in supporting the expansion of public transit. [...] To ensure progress along the way, the capacity and resources of the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate must be strengthened to identify and remedy systemic violations of the right to housing.

Authors

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

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Pages
279
Published in
Canada