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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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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.

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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-

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