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7 Conservative Tricks To Faking A Balanced Budget

Ralph Goodale | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada
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Ralph Goodale

In Budget 2013, the Conservatives claim they'll eliminate their deficit by 2015. Isn't that convenient -- just on the eve of the next federal election! A close look at their financial plans provides ample reason to be suspicious. Here are seven of their fiscal tricks:

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Here We Go Again

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.16.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary engine sputtered back to life with a hyper-partisan bang Monday as the Conservatives sought to tarnish New Democrat Le...

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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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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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Feds Moving Ahead With Controversial Environmental Changes

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.20.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Next week's budget will propose a streamlined environmental assessment process, something which will delight the oil patch and give provinces...

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Veterans Affairs Braces For Job Cuts

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - There will be job cuts at Veterans Affairs despite Opposition demands that the federal department's budget remain untouched.An NDP motion to ...

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Line In The Sand Drawn Over Veterans Cuts

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties and advocates drew a line in the sand on Monday, demanding the Conservative government protect Veterans Affairs Ca...

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Economists: Risks Of Downturn Diminishing

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty faces a less bumpy road in seeking to balance the budget in four years, according to economists who briefed the...

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How Canadians Feel About Cuts (Answer May Surprise You)

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 03.02.2012 | Canada Politics
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Canadians appear to be on board with the government’s planned spending cuts. That's the conclusion of a new poll by Nanos Research, which found 5...

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Flaherty: Next Budget Won't Be Austerity-Driven

CP | Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2012 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - Ottawa will take a moderate approach to government cost-cutting in the budget instead of following in Europe's austerity-driven footsteps, F...

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Firm Choice On Raising Old Age Security Age Coming In Budget

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to issue a firm policy direction on Old Age Security in the upcoming budget centred around raising the age w...

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Harper Unlikely To Budge On Budget

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.04.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking opposition input into the next federal budget, even though he no longer needs opposition support to ...

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Shrinking Government Not Enough To Meet Savings Goals

CP | Posted 08.13.2011 | Canada Politics
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says shrinking the bureaucracy isn't enough to meet the Harper government's savings go...

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Jack Layton, Conservatives and the Budget: Same Script, Different Month

Keith Beardsley | Posted 08.08.2011 | Canada
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Keith Beardsley

The "summer of discontent" hasn't started yet, and yet the Opposition continues their pre-election day complaints that the Conservatives didn't announce how they were going to save $4 billion in operating costs. A hot summer will probably get much hotter and make for an interesting fall session when the House returns.

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Federal Budget Looks A Lot Like The Last One

CP | Posted 08.06.2011 | Canada Politics
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - Cash for Quebec and a lump of coal for their political rivals are the only new elements Conservatives have dished up in...

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Federal Budget Unlikely To Surprise On Monday

CP | Posted 08.05.2011 | Canada Politics
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - In a way, it will go down as the ultimate budget leak. When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty stands up in the House of ...

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