New federal budget puts Canada on track for palliative care framework

Published in on March 27, 2017

Aside from palliative care, the federal budget received tepid reviews from a couple of think tanks dedicated to Christian social teaching.

“With Budget 2017, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has made tentative financial commitments to key priorities identified in their consultations on housing and climate change, though not on international development,” said Citizens for Public Justice’s executive director Joe Gunn. “However, the government’s spending priorities fail to understand the depth of the problems of poverty in Canada, climate change and the concerns of refugees and newcomers — leaving them for our children to resolve.”

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