Scorecard: Does Budget 2021 Give Us the Social Safety Net We Need? Social Impact Leaders Weigh In

In this excerpt, Senator Omidvar evaluates the 2021 federal budget.

Senator Ratna Omidvar 

Score: 8/10

I’m happy to see… 

I am encouraged by the historic contributions to child care in the budget. This is a significant and important initiative that will help many families.

For the charitable sector I am encouraged about the $400 million recovery Fund. It will help charities recover from the pandemic. However, the fund needs to provide core funding to charities and prioritize small and medium charities and non-profits that are hard hit by the pandemic.

I’m discouraged by… 

Despite some good initiatives for the charitable sector, I am discouraged that a vision wasn’t laid out for the sector. We are left with trying to piece together the budget and the government response to the Senate Charities report to find some vision. For major social policy. I was hoping there would be an exploration of a basic income to provide modern income supports.

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