Miller and his comrades will save considerable money because they will have to do all their begging at Queens Park, a short walk or subway token, rather then go to Ottawa. Statements like.....
*a something-for-everyone budget meant to appeal to a broad range of voters, particularly Canadians living in the suburbs outside Toronto
*Of all the new transfers for the provinces, Quebec gets a full 30 per cent of the amount
*designed to secure suburban voters in Greater Toronto Area
....makes it obvious what the feds think of Toronto.
Winners & Losers
Election-ready budget boosts provincial funding
Updated Mon. Mar. 19 2007 4:13 PM ET
Mary Nersessian, CTV.ca News Staff
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered on Monday an election-ready budget packed with tax-break goodies for families, incentives to buy environmentally friendly cars and billions of dollars to fill provincial coffers.
Amid growing speculation of an early trip to the polls, the minority Conservative government crafted a something-for-everyone budget meant to appeal to a broad range of voters, particularly Canadians living in the suburbs outside Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
"Today we reduce the tax burden on working families, again; today we act to preserve our environment, today we move to improve our health-care system; today we crack down on corporations that have avoided paying their share; and today we take historic action to restore fiscal balance," Flaherty told reporters at the Ottawa Congress Centre before he rose in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon.
"This budget makes our strong economy even stronger and provides the necessary tools so that Canadians from all walks of life can reach their fullest potential," he said.
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