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Paul Martin is hailed as a fiscal magician by turning endless deficits into endless surpluses. But the cupboard is always miraculously bare when it comes to addressing the things Canadians say are their priorities. For ten years the Liberals have promised to address - then ignored - these priorities, then raided the cupboard to pay off the debt. The real magic of Paul Martin has been his ability, year after year, to hide the surplus then make it disappear.
(Vancouver) A stronger economy in 1999 will mean a much smaller deficit for 1999/00, creating room in the 2000 Budget for progressive policy choices, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said today in a briefing with Finance Minster Paul Ramsey.
OTTAWA--The Martin government is hiding behind the sponsorship scandal as a pretext for inaction in Budget 2004, charges the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The Prime Minister says it's time for transformative change but his pre-election budget delivers more of what the federal Liberals always do: pay down the debt at the expense of rebuilding Canada.
The Manitoba Alternative (Alternative Provincial Budget 2001-02), co-produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba and Cho!ces: A Coalition for Social Justice, demonstrates some of the budgetary options available to the province of Manitoba. It is being released days before provincial Finance Minister Greg Selinger releases his second budget.
Ottawa: Alternative Federal Budget 2000 today released its Alternative Fiscal and Economic Update: Policy Options for the Federal Government. The main findings of the report are as follows: Under reasonable economic assumptions, the federal government will generate a final fiscal surplus of over $6 billion in the current (1999-2000) fiscal year, and almost $12 billion in the fiscal year covered by Paul Martin's upcoming budget (2000-2001).
OTTAWA--Today, as the Liberal Caucus meets to discuss the upcoming federal budget, national and community organizations released an Alternative Federal Budget, calling on the federal government to promote the health of Canadian families in the 2000 federal budget.