‘We will be watching like hawks’ – CNEWS
OTTAWA – The Liberals want an amendment to the federal budget requiring periodic economic status reports to Parliament starting in March, says Leader Michael Ignatieff. He said
Source: cnews.canoe.ca

Text of Finance Minister Flaherty’s budget speech – Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Jim Flaherty : It is Canada’s plan to stimulate our economy, to protect Canadians during the global recession, and to invest in our long-term growth. It is Canada’s
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Early reviews mixed from Ignatieff; more expected Wednesday – CBC News
Some positive, some negative: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff reacts to Tuesday’s budget in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick
Source: www.cbc.ca

McGuinty says budget benefits Ontario – CNEWS
TORONTO – Premier Dalton McGuinty says the federal budget means substantial progress for Ontario on a number of fronts, but there’s still more to be done on employment insurance
Source: cnews.canoe.ca

Extreme, costly measures to clean up tar ponds not necessary – Cape Breton
Cleaning up the tar ponds is not a job; it is a vocation! There will be good paycheques as long as participants can think up any reason to extend the project by frightening the
Source: www.capebretonpost.com

40 million more jobless, report predicts – Globe and Mail
GENEVA — The global economic downturn could see 40 million more people lose their jobs by the end of the year, taking the unemployment rate to its highest in a decade, the UN
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Bad-times budget delivers billions in tax cuts, spending – CBC News
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty gets an ovation from his colleagues as he tables the federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press) Canada will have
Source: www.cbc.ca

Gimme a break! – Toronto Sun
Everybody wants a break in life, but what are your rights to take a break at work? I’m referring to coffee breaks, bathroom breaks, time to eat and rest periods between shifts
Source: www.torontosun.com

TheStar.com | Canada | A mish-mash of proposals – not all sensible – Toronto Star
I t’s been touted, advertised, pre-leaked and sold across the country as Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s answer to what he has called the most serious economic crisis since the
Source: www.thestar.com

TheStar.com | Canada | Government’s fate now rests with Ignatieff – Toronto Star
• Extension of employment insurance benefits by five weeks for the next two years. • Extension of protections to safeguard severance and termination pay for workers hit by
Source: www.thestar.com