José António Nunes, a Socialist Party member of the Caniço parish assembly, has presented a set of proposals to be included in the parish council's 2027 budget.
The measures cover social and health areas and include a meal voucher card for low-income families, a shared taxi service for trips to health services and post offices, a 300 euro birth support payment, the Sorriso Caniço oral health programme, and a school participatory budget involving local schools.
The party has challenged the parish executive to adopt the proposals. Nunes noted that a Socialist proposal for the 2023 budget, a participatory budget, was implemented by the executive in 2026, and said he regretted that the origin of the idea was not publicly acknowledged.