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Well John Manely today layed it out today so here are some of the main facts:
The single largest chunk of new spending is on health, about $1.37 billion in the next fiscal year on top of billions Chr?tien announced after a meeting with premiers earlier this month. Other highlights are:
Immediate increase of $270 million to cover urgent Defence Department needs, such as Operation Apollo in Afghanistan;
$800 million rise in the military's budget starting in 2003;
$500 million increase in National Child Benefit over two years;
$606 million on affordable housing and help for homeless over two years;
Reduction in workers' EI payments by 12 cents to $1.98 per $100 of insurable earnings by 2004;
Faster increase in RRSP contribution limits, reaching $18,000 in 2006;
Drop in security charge on airline tickets to $14 from $24 for round-trips.
Overall program spending up 11.5 per cent in 2002-03, and by an average of four per cent over the next two fiscal years.
Some of the money Manley is spending comes from the adoption of "full accrual accounting," a system of financial records that spreads the full cost of some spending over several years.
So what do you think?
Personally i would have liked to see more defense spending and more healthcare spending but what ever what they did is better then years prevous. I hope we get a man into office who isnt affraid to spend because in my opinion thats what this country needs.
The single largest chunk of new spending is on health, about $1.37 billion in the next fiscal year on top of billions Chr?tien announced after a meeting with premiers earlier this month. Other highlights are:
Immediate increase of $270 million to cover urgent Defence Department needs, such as Operation Apollo in Afghanistan;
$800 million rise in the military's budget starting in 2003;
$500 million increase in National Child Benefit over two years;
$606 million on affordable housing and help for homeless over two years;
Reduction in workers' EI payments by 12 cents to $1.98 per $100 of insurable earnings by 2004;
Faster increase in RRSP contribution limits, reaching $18,000 in 2006;
Drop in security charge on airline tickets to $14 from $24 for round-trips.
Overall program spending up 11.5 per cent in 2002-03, and by an average of four per cent over the next two fiscal years.
Some of the money Manley is spending comes from the adoption of "full accrual accounting," a system of financial records that spreads the full cost of some spending over several years.
So what do you think?
Personally i would have liked to see more defense spending and more healthcare spending but what ever what they did is better then years prevous. I hope we get a man into office who isnt affraid to spend because in my opinion thats what this country needs.