OTTAWA:
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today launched the Government’s national consultation leading into its fourth budget, to be tabled on January 27, 2009. The national consultation will give all Canadians a voice in how to protect Canada’s economy. As in previous years, the Government will conduct online consultations, which begin today.
The following ideas have been proposed as ways of providing stimulus in Budget 2009.
- Investing in housing
- Expediting infrastructure spending
- Building strong and sustainable labour markets and training incentives
- Supporting traditional and emerging industrial sectors
- Improving access to credit
The Government is asking Canadians for their views on these priorities as well as any other ideas they care to submit at www.fin.gc.ca/scripts/prebudgetsurvey/selectMainPriorities_e.asp. The Web page also features links to a presentation called Fiscal Stimulus. The online consultations will end at midnight, January 9, 2009.
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