Harper is obligated to cater to the basest instincts of voters......
Election-ready budget
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he's not planning an election, but Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's new budget coming Monday is expected to have enough goodies for voters, just in case.With winning a majority government foremost in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's mind, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget Monday will have goodies for voters
Mar 17, 2007 04:30 AM
Les Whittington
Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA–The ghost of Mike Harris will be nowhere to be seen when Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rises in the Commons to deliver his second budget on Monday.
With a federal election looming, Flaherty is shelving the tight-fisted, tax-slashing ways of the Harris government he was once part of in Ontario in favour of a grab bag of economic policies meant to appeal to the widest possible array of voters.
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