AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Alliance MP condemns
federal spending plans

CANADIANS WOULD
have been far better off
had federal finance mini-
ster John Manley cut the
GST instead of embarking
on a wide range of new
programs, says Skecna Al-
liance MP Andy Burton.

Speaking after the Feb.
18 federal budget release,
Burton also said he’s dis-
appointed the federal Lib-
crals have strayed from
their promise of. reducing
the overall government
debt. _

Instead of using some of
the surplus to reduce the
debt, Manley has decided
to spend it, noted Burton.

And while Manley has
also predicted a three-year
period of balanced bud-
gets, he’s net forecasting
any surpluses,

“Call it a big, fat Lib-
eral budget because that’s
what it is,” said Burton.

He feels it’s a spending
document aimed more al
furthering Mantey’s federal
Liberal leadership ambi-
tions than one that is te
help Canadians.

Burton is happy the air-
port security tax is being
reduced from $24 for a
round tip to $14, at least
for domestic flights.

“But you know whiat il
means when they reduce a
fax — it shouldn’t have
been that high in the first

“You know whai
it means when
they reduce a tax —
it shouldn’t have
been that high in
the first place.”

place,” said Burton.

reduction, but not until

2004, a reduction in Em-
ployment Insurance premi-
ums from $2.10 to $1.98 for
every $100 of insurable
earnings.

Burton’s Alliance party
and others have been criti-
cal of the Employment In-
surance propram, one il

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Andy Burton

has been accumulaling
billions more than it has
been paying out.

The difference is then
assigned to general gov-
ernment revenue.

“We know that kind of
tax works against creating
jobs,” said Burton.

Also receiving a thumbs
up is a plan to reduce the
corporate capital tax to
zero aver the next five
years.

Yet Burton would have
preferred it to be elimina-
ted completely this com-

ing year.
“That way it would
mean something right

away. It’s the kind of thing
that would help our re-
source industries,” said
Burton.

“That would send the
night message.”

The MP gives a partial
thumbs up to a 10-year
plan to spend $1 billion on
infrastructure improve-
ments such as roads, sewer
and water facilities.

While that sounds good,
it is tied to municipalities
and provincial govern-

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ments kicking in $1 billion
cach, said Burton.

“Some municipalities,
even some provinces,
might not have the money
ta match,” he said.

Much the same is true
for a federal commitment
of $935 million over five
years for day care ~ it's
also contingent upon -pro-
vincial matching.

Burton is disappointed
at the additional $800 mil-
lion for the armed forces
each year forthe next
three years.

A one-time $270 mil-
lion armed cash infusion
this year will only pay the
bills accumulated when
the Canadian military
went to Afghanistan, he
said.

.“Even a commiltee
made up of Liberal MPs
said as much as $5 billion
is needed,” Burton added,

Health care spending is
to rise by $17.3 Ddillion
over the next three years.

Overall, Manley is pre-
dicting a balanced spend-
ing regime based on bring-
ing in $184.7 billion for the
new fiscal year beginning
April 1,

He wants to tuck away
$3 billion of that for un-
planned expenses. ~

Revenue is expected to
rise to $192.9 billion for
the fiscal year beginning
April 1, 2004.

There are surpluses pre-
dicted in either year and,
the federal debt is expec-
ted to stay at $507.7 bil-
lion aver the same period.

In the last five years,
the federal government
chipped $47.6 billion out
of the debt by using sur-

pluses.
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