Canada Doesn鈥檛 Have a Citizens Budget. It Should. | Policy Magazine
April 14, 2024 |聽In聽Policy Magazine's Emerging Voices series each year, Max Bell School MPPs are invited to write articles on issues important to them. In the second article for 2024, Adrita Rahman stresses the importance of a simplified, accessible budget document that allows all Canadians to understand how their tax dollars are allocated.聽Adrita Rahman is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 平特五不中.聽Adrita is passionate about using evidence and data to inform and shape health and environmental policies that address the needs and rights of marginalized and vulnerable groups.
"A citizens budget is a simpler, shorter, less technical version of the official fiscal budget, made by the government for its people. It presents the government鈥檚 spending program in simple, accessible language so that people know where their tax dollars are going and why."
