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Canada Budget 2012 Cuts

Bill C-38: The Tories' Soiled Green

Elizabeth May | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada
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Nearly half of Bill C-38 is directed at rewriting Canada's foundational environmental laws. Putting all this in a fast-track budget bill, with time allocation on debate, and heading to the Finance Committee, is a direct assault on the principles of parliamentary democracy.

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Mulcair Caters To Quebec On Budget

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Thomas Mulcair's New Democrats are moving to reclaim the opposition spotlight in the House of Commons after being overshadowed by the tiny Li...

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Reactions To Federal Budget

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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Now that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has delivered Canada's 2012 federal budget, opposition parties and key stakeholders are beginning to re...

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WATCH: Budget Winners And Losers

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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While Canada's budget for 2012 includes plenty of losers, there are also those who will benefit from the federal government's spending plans. Watc...

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Non-cents! Pennies To Go Away

CP | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA -- There may still be pennies from heaven, but they won't be coming from the mint much longer. The humble one-cent piece is set to disappea...

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Public Service Hit With Cuts In Federal Budget

CP | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA -- A federal budget billed as being about jobs and growth will put some 19,200 public servants out of work. An estimated 12,000 jobs are bei...

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Highlights Of The Federal Budget

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the federal government's spending plans for 2012 in a budget that will lead to public sector cuts in Canada. ...

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Budget: No Plans For New Prisons

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The federal budget promises no new prisons will be built, and says branches of Canada's security apparatus will face $688 million in spending...

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Tory Cuts Settle Old Scores In Business-Friendly Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 03.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA — The Conservative government’s first majority budget focuses on business-friendly incentives aimed at creating jobs while reducing the siz...

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FULL TEXT: Jim Flaherty Delivers Budget

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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Here is the full text of the Budget Speech as delivered by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: Today we present Economic Action Plan 2012. It is Canad...

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Unfettered Tory Budget To Paint Government Blue

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - After six years in office, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives finally get to flex their majority muscles today with a budget of de...

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Why Are Tories Hiding Details Of Coming Budget Cuts?

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA — Canadians will be left in the dark about the effects of the upcoming federal budget cuts unless the Conservatives come clean about who will...

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'Hire Locally' Policies To Be In Budget: Sources

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.28.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The federal government will tinker with unemployment programs in Thursday's budget to better match pools of eager workers with companies stru...

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Senators Angry About Losing Private, Subsidized Lunchroom

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 05.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA -- On the eve of a budget that will deliver deep cuts to the public service, a few Conservative senators are protesting the closure of a tiny s...

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Federal, Ontario Budget Cuts To Slow Economy 'For A Number Of Years'

CP | Posted 03.28.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's austere budget Thursday will place speed bumps on -- but not derail -- Canada's economic recovery, economist...

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Budget Includes $7 Billion In Cuts

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.27.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Stephen Harper's disciples have waited six years for an unapologetically conservative budget.Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says they are goin...

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Mulcair Gets Scrappy With Tories

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.26.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Know your enemy, know yourself.The time-worn Sun Tzu axiom may as well have been tattooed on Thomas Mulcair's right hand as he arrived Monday...

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Mystery Tory Budget Cuts

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.21.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The country could see seniors left in the cold, fisherman stranded on cliffs and unsafe food getting to stores if the Conservative government...

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