[PEN-L:3529] Re: Re: Canadian Budget

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Sam, you asked in your previous post if John Loxley, Cho!ses and 
the CCPA put out an alternative budget this year.  The answer is 
yes and they did meet with martin prior to his issuing of the budget 
but, as usual, he paid little attention to the AFT.  The AFT was 
released at press conferences across Canada, including 
Vancouver, two or three weeks before Martin's fiasco.
Paul
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba

Sam wrote:
> I forgot to add that the Finance minister will _not_ be making the usual
> post-budget bum-sniffing tour of Wall Street to ensure Moody's and
> Salomon Bros. that everything is eh-o.k.  As already noted on the list,
> the gov't has increased CPP premiums and has been covering the budget
> deficit using the surplus resulting from the massive cuts in
> unemployment insurance eligibility.
> 
> SP
>