{"id":590,"date":"2022-03-30T20:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/article\/budget-2022-no-time-for-austerity-says-green-party\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T01:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:26:50","slug":"budget-2022-no-time-for-austerity-says-green-party","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/news\/budget-2022-no-time-for-austerity-says-green-party","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2022 no time for austerity, says Green Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA &ndash; The Green Party is calling for increased spending to address the climate emergency, the housing crisis, and persistent holes in Canada&rsquo;s social safety net when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland brings down this year&rsquo;s federal budget next week.<\/p><p>In their <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenparty.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/gpc_pre-budget_submission_-_en.pdf\">pre-budget submission<\/a> filed late last month, Green leaders warned the minister against giving in to the fear of inflation and delivering an austerity budget that risks turning an uncertain post-pandemic economic recovery into a recession.<\/p><p>Among the priorities identified in the Green Party&rsquo;s submission:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New programs on mental health including housing for people with mental illness, mental health research and free access to counselling services for people on low and middle incomes.<\/li><li>Testing a new approach to poverty elimination by sharing the cost of a Guaranteed Livable Income with the provincial government of P.E.I.<\/li><li>Taking action to lift Canadians living with disabilities out of poverty by moving forward with the Canada Disability Benefit.<\/li><li>Increased funding to build affordable housing and non-market housing, including a substantial investment in cooperative housing.<\/li><li>A focused fund to replenish core scientific capacity in key government agencies.<\/li><li>Improved access to funds to respond to climate disasters and financial help for home and business owners to adapt to the impacts of climate change.<\/li><li>An immediate end to all fossil fuel subsidies.<\/li><li>Legislation and funding to guarantee workers in the fossil fuel sector a just transition to the clean, green economy of the 21st century.<\/li><li>A major investment in modern, affordable, low-carbon intercity ground transportation with rail as the hub and spokes of light rail and electric bus connections.<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenparty.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/gpc_pre-budget_submission_-_en.pdf\">READ THE FULL SUBMISSION<\/a><\/p><p>####<\/p><p>For more information or to arrange an interview:<br \/>John Chenery<br \/><a href=\"mailto:media@greenparty.ca\">media@greenparty.ca<\/a><br \/>1-613-562-4916 ext. 215<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA &ndash; 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