The budget was introduced today by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Read about it in the Toronto Star and on the CBC website.
2007 Budget highlights
- $4.4 billion new spending, $3 billion tax cuts this year
- $14.1 billion surplus last year, $10.4 billion projected this year
- Federal debt cut $9.2 billion last year, $3 billion this year
- Tax credits for fuel-efficient vehicles; levy on gas guzzlers
- New $2,000 child tax credit means up to $310 per child
- Pension income splitting for seniors
- $1.5 billion more to poorer provinces
- $1.2 billion more for health care
- $250 million to provinces for daycare spaces
- Extension of gas tax for cities
- $4.2 billion for environment: greenhouse gas reduction, biofuel production, clean water plan
- $300 million for national HPV program to protect women against cervical cancer
- $64 million for anti-drug strategy, $80 million over 2 years for "national security"
- Hike in capital cost allowance for manufacturers
- $4.4 billion new spending, $3 billion tax cuts this year
- $14.1 billion surplus last year, $10.4 billion projected this year
- Federal debt cut $9.2 billion last year, $3 billion this year
- Tax credits for fuel-efficient vehicles; levy on gas guzzlers
- New $2,000 child tax credit means up to $310 per child
- Pension income splitting for seniors
- $1.5 billion more to poorer provinces
- $1.2 billion more for health care
- $250 million to provinces for daycare spaces
- Extension of gas tax for cities
- $4.2 billion for environment: greenhouse gas reduction, biofuel production, clean water plan
- $300 million for national HPV program to protect women against cervical cancer
- $64 million for anti-drug strategy, $80 million over 2 years for "national security"
- Hike in capital cost allowance for manufacturers
2 comments:
Ooooh. Aaaaah. Should I move back there?
I find your blog interesting.
Some of the same can be said for us - the USA
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