Budget reaction from opposition

Watch Above: NDP leader Tom Mulcair’s reaction to the 2014 budget.

OTTAWA – The Harper Conservatives have delivered another austerity budget that some critics say does nothing to deal with the country’s many problems.

The document calls for about two billion dollars in spending cuts, on top of the billions in cuts announced in previous budgets.

There is about 700-million dollars worth of new spending, including money to expand rural and northern broadband Internet service and to help fix Parks Canada’s crumbling infrastructure.

The government will also spend 10 million dollars on snowmobile trails, while giving anglers a say in the conservation of fish stocks.

The Canadian Federation of Students says loans being provided for students in apprenticeship programs will do little to help the nearly 400-thousand young people who are unemployed.

The NDP goes further, saying the Tories are delaying spending for purely political reasons, so they can dole out taxpayer-funded goodies during the 2015 election campaign.

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair says the government could have done more to create jobs, but instead chose to attack public servants and anyone who dares criticize their short-sighted policies.

The Liberals add the budget fails to deliver real economic growth and won’t help the middle class.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 10th federal budget all but balances the books this fiscal year, and projects a surplus of at least six billion dollars for the 2015 election year.