Pretty bland budget. Not nearly as draconian as predicted. It's pro business, no surprise there it was put forward by the Tories after all. They pretty much left the baby boomers alone as far as the OAS goes and a lot of the government worker cuts will be through attrition. Nothing like some of the austerity budgets in Europe.

stephen harper will be happy when Canada is a barren wasteland enviromentally

Mulcair said....How come not more for Quebec and eh eh eh oh yes Canada

the budget is big on research and development -------i wonder how much will be poured into carbon sequestration studies and pipeline design -----by the taxpayers -------

these are things the corporate sector should be doing on their own dime ----

but it is another case of public liability and private profit just wearing a different dress

The International Climate Science's Media Release on the Budget

Canadian federal Budget a step forward on climate change

Ottawa, Canada, March 29, 2012: “The International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) congratulates the Government of Canada for removing from the federal Budget the misleading language of previous Budgets concerning clean air and climate change,” said Tom Harris, executive director ICSC which is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. “In past years, this serious science mistake, appearing repeatedly in such an important document, contributed to public confusion about the distinctly different approaches needed to address these two issues. This mistake has now been corrected and therefore a more productive debate about environmental protection will be possible moving forward.”

“We also express our support for the elimination of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE),” stated Dr. Tim Ball, ICSC science advisor and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg. “The NRTEE’s biased approach to the climate issue, looking at the impacts on Canada of warming, but ignoring the far more dangerous, and more probable, cooling, contributed to a distortion of the discussion about how best to prepare for future climate change.”

see http://tinyurl.com/cq22nkl for the rest.