Getting There AF82018

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.