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Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 4:01AM EST T he U.S. Defence Department told Americans this fall that it costs about $500,000 a year to keep a soldier in Afghanistan. But 13 months after Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer urged the government...
Tags: Canada, Treasury Board, Afghanistan, Parliamentary Budget, U.S. Defence Department, Kabul, Human rights abuses, Politics, Human rights in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Public opinion in Canada on the war in Afghanistan, Ujjal Dosanjh
Last updated on Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 9:25PM EST O ttawa's budget watchdog warns the federal government's deficit hole will be much harder to climb out of than originally thought, predicting that even after the economy has recovered there will be a persistent...
Tags: Parliamentary Budget, budget office, budget watchdog, office kevin, Kevin Page, federal government
The Canadian government is unlikely to balance its budget in 2013-14 as promised because of a weaker economy and new spending measures such as the auto bailout, the country's budget officer said on Monday...But he projects a shortfall of $41.3 billion...