budget
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Federal budget will fund major infrastructure projects
One such project might be a second bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont.
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‘Do-nothing’ budget could do more harm than good
Report says labour market is performing far more poorly than the federal government is letting on
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U.S. Congressional budget agreement breakdown: 14 changes to domestic and defence spending
A proposed congressional budget agreement would avoid a government shutdown in January and set spending for defence and domestic programs
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Forget balance, Finance Minister Flaherty is aiming for a surplus
Unlike last year’s update, Flaherty has signalled he expects to report a better-than-projected deficit this fiscal year
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Ontario deficit drops on lower spending, higher revenues
Deficit hits $9.2 billion instead of projected $14.8 billion, but debt-to-GDP ratio is still more than 37 per cent
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Ontario budget propses $35B for infrastructure
One of the biggest chunks of the planned spending will go to transit—earmarked at $3.4 billion for the 2013-2014 fiscal year
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Flaherty signals a cut in program spending to reduce budget
The Finance minister also mentioned renewing the country’s infrastructure, expanding trade relationships beyond the U.S. and small business tax breaks.
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Flaherty opens omnibus budget bill committee scrutiny
MPs will still make a single vote on the bill, even though it contains a collection of measures, some of which opposition parties oppose, others they support.
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Balanced fed budget will cost jobs and growth: Page
Federal and provincial government restraint will slice 0.7 percentage points from economic growth in 2013 and slightly more in 2014.
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NDP want $250M job creation tax credit to vote for Ontario budget
Time is running out for Ontario’s minority Liberals to broker a budget deal with the NDP and avoid a second election in just seven months.
