Federal Budget 2015
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Promised budget funds not a quick fix for security challenges, experts warnHundreds of millions of dollars of promised new security spending in the federal budget will not be an instant solution to national law-enforcement challenges, academic analysts say.CanadaApr 22, 2015
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Harper shrugs off Joe Oliver’s budget comment about grandchildrenStephen Harper shrugged off controversy Wednesday over his finance minister's assertion that potential future problems created by his budget should be left to the prime minister's granddaughter to solve.CanadaApr 22, 2015
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Halifax Mayor Mike Savage pleased with some aspects of new federal budgetHalifax Mayor Mike Savage said he was pleased by the commitment to public transit in this year's federal budget, but thinks there is one area he thinks is lacking.PoliticsApr 22, 2015
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Budget promises up to $1M for memorial for slain Moncton RCMP officersThe federal budget allocates up to $1 million for a memorial for the three RCMP officers killed in Moncton, N.B., last year.PoliticsApr 22, 2015
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New programs rolling out for Canadian immigrants to improve employment ratesThe streets in Vancouver were cold and windy when newly arrived immigrant Nick Noorani was questioning his decision to come to Canada.CanadaApr 22, 2015
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Trudeau sets sight at countering Conservative budgetJustin Trudeau is starting to show some of his economic cards now that the Conservative government has laid its election hand on the table.PoliticsApr 22, 2015
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Budget 2015: B.C. says federal budget recognizes its needsFinance Minister Mike De Jong says he's pleased the budget is balanced and includes incentives to support's B.C.'s bid to locate an International Maritime Centre for the shipping industry on the West Coast.Apr 21, 2015
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Saskatoon mayor ‘satisfied’ with 2015 federal budgetSaskatoon Mayor Don Atchison says he is satisfied with Tuesday's budget announcement out of Ottawa, calling it neither disappointing or exciting.CanadaApr 21, 2015
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Budget 2015: Budget does triple-duty as Conservative platform and mandateThe 518-page document Finance Minister Joe Oliver unveiled Tuesday is also the Conservative platform for the fall campaign and their strategic plan for the next mandate if they’re re-elected.MoneyApr 21, 2015
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Budget 2015: Mounties, CSIS, border agency get budget increasesThe RCMP and Canada's spy and border agencies reaped hundreds of millions of new dollars to fight terrorism in a federal budget that evoked the October killings of two Canadian soldiers.CanadaApr 21, 2015
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