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Ottawa--Despite John Manley and Paul Martin's repeated warnings of a dismal fiscal outlook, the Alternative Federal Budget's calculations show Canadians can expect an underlying federal surplus of $6.6 billion in fiscal year 2003-04. The AFB's Economic and Fiscal Update, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, predicts that this year's surplus of $6.6 billion will rise to a surplus of $20.4 in fiscal year 2006-07, constituting a cumulative surplus of $55.9 billion over the next four years.
OTTAWA—La 10e édition de l’Alternative budgétaire pour le gouvernement fédéral s’attaque à la racine des scandales sur le financement, non pas à coups de compressions de dépenses et de réductions d’impôts, mais en imposant plutôt des principes de responsabilité incontournables qui serviront à débusquer les rapports de copinage entre le fédéral et certaines sociétés privées.
OTTAWA--The 10th annual Alternative Federal Budget cuts to the heart of federal funding scandals - not with more tax cuts and spending restraints but with hard measures of accountability to clean up federal corporate cronyism. The AFB's emphasis on accountability includes: no more P3 deals, no more federal-provincial cash transfers that come without strings attached, no more Barbados tax havens, and no more patronage appointments.
OTTAWA--Paul Martin's sterling reputation as the deficit hero may not be entirely justified, according to a study released today by the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) project, coordinated by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Paul Martin, the Deficit, and the Debt: Taking Another Look, by economist Jim Stanford, is the first of ten papers examining the Paul Martin record since he brought down his first budget. The entire series will be released by the AFB in the run-up to next year's speech from the throne and the federal budget.