Information and Analysis on the PEI Budget:

• 2007 PEI Budget Address
• Highlights of the PEI Provincial Budget (in PDF)
• CBC article - "Disability advocate fears increase not enough"
• CBC article - "Opposition doubts surplus"
• PEI Disability Alert says that the increase in spending for the Disability Support Program is not enough to support all people with disabilities on the island.

P.E.I Senior Citizens' Federation is disappointed that the federal budget will do nothing for the 52 per cent of Island seniors who live below the poverty line. Read more in the CBC article, "P.E.I. seniors disappointed by budget."

Alert PEI, an anti-poverty coalition is asking the government to increase welfare to at least the poverty line. In some cases this is an increase of almost 100%. A single employable person receives $6214 a year on welfare in PEI. The poverty line is $17,784. Read more on CBC, "Alert PEI calls attention to plight of poor."