標題: Tories will table federal budget [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-6-6 07:06 標題: Tories will table federal budget
Tories will table federal budget
No big changes from what we saw in March
News1130 Staff Jun 06, 2011 07:08:52 AM
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OTTAWA (NEWS1130) - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is tabling his first budget of the new majority Conservative government today, but don't expect any big changes. It won't be much different than the one he tabled back in March before the election.
The government has already said it will essentially be re-introducing its plans from March, with a few extra measures added on.
The only big items being added are the $2.2 billion HST pay-out to Quebec and the plan to kill the per-vote subsidy. "It's the right thing to do. It's more the right thing to do than seeking a lot of money to help balance the books," says Minister of State and Finance Ted Menzies.
He adds the economy has strengthened and after adjusting the numbers they will still have room for some extra spending. The Tories say they will still be on track to get rid of the deficit by 2015.
Some of the other budget items should include the Children's Arts Tax Credit, an extension to the home retrofit program and more money for low income seniors.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-6-6 07:08
The one thing I really dislike is that they are going to remove Gov't subsidies for parties. That's very bad and terrible. I don't want to see Canadian Gov't be controlled by big corporations like US.
