Essay Archive - Budget 97
Budget 97
Finance Minister Paul Martin unveiled the Liberal government's 1997
budget recently. As most economic and political experts predicted there were
very few surprises, if any. This was a cautious and predicable budget that was
every bit political as it was economical. With the Liberal government set to
call an election in late May or early June the Party was very reluctant to rock
the boat further. This is what they have done in the 1997 budget and the
subsequent reactions to the new budget from both the business and political
communities.
In this no-surprises, pre-election budget, Martin said deficit cutting
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