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The fiscal facts

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Finance Minister Paul Martin set aside a contingency reserve of $3 billion in his 1997-98 budget to make sure he reaches his goal of a balanced budget by 2000. The budget does not include any tax hikes, but the Canada Pension Plan will see premium increases. Details on debt and program spending are also included.

Finance, Canada. Pension Plan

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The budget balance: Marcel Masse says Ottawa must walk a delicate line

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Canada's Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Marcel Masse believes the budget cuts the Chretien administration plans for FY 1995 are fair and equitable. Masse acknowledges that making such cuts in the same year that Quebec will hold a referendum on separation from Canada is risky.

Interview, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Masse, Marcel

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Steady as she goes: the next federal budget will offer little tax relief

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Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin will introduce his next budget in late Feb-early March 1997, and is expected to continue deficit reduction strategies. Some Liberal Party members want him to promise a tax cut, to increase voter support for the upcoming federal election.

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