The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders of this report. [...] However, transfer- communities are rebuilding in the wake of ring money to the private sector to build that colonialism, residential schools and the en- infrastructure at interest rates of 7–9%, when demic underfunding of education and social the government could deliver the same re- services. [...] The as- for public services and programs today and sumptions and calculations underlying the simulation were prepared by David Macdonald and the responsibil- into the future. [...] The International Monetary Fund has The remainder of the revenues from the also proposed a financial activities tax (FAT), AFB carbon tax would go to complement- a kind of value-added tax on profits and re- ary investments in climate change mitiga- muneration in the financial industry akin to tion and adaptation, and measures to assist the one Quebec has had in place for some affected workers, com [...] While the diversification of Canadian arts and culture is inching forward, the trans- Action: Invest an additional $10 million per parent monitoring and evaluation of sec- year over the next five years in the Canada tor demographics, and more pluralist cast- Arts Training Fund and $30 million per year ing and other cultural practices, continue in the Canada Arts Presentation Fund.