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The Federal Government has opened online consultations for the Federal Budget, offering individuals and organizations a chance to identify priorities for the 2008 budget by going to http://www.fin.gc.ca/activty/consult/prebud08_e.html before February 11th.

Now is your opportunity to urge the Conservative government to implement a poverty reduction plan with targets and timelines that includes:

• increasing the Working Income Tax Benefit to $2,400 per year for workers in households with incomes between $4,800 and $21,500;
• increasing the child tax benefit to $5,000 per child;
• developing a national affordable housing strategy with long-term funding that will create at least 20,000 new affordable units per year;
• restoring and increasing sustained federal funding to the provinces and territories to improve and expanding child care services;
• removing the two-percent cap on annual increases to funding for First Nations programs.

Thank you for taking action!

Michael Polanyi
Coordinator/Coordonnateur
Canadian Social Development / Développement sociale canadien
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives /
Initiatives œcuméniques canadiennes pour la justice
129 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1N5
Tel. 416.463.5312 x237
Fax. 416.463.5569
mpolanyi@kairoscanada.org
www.kairoscanada.org