Conservatives, NDP back $3.5-million budget office

The opposition is urging the Martin government to free up the approximately $3.5-million needed for a Parliamentary budget office to provide non-partisan advice on government surpluses and other economic issues.

The opposition Tory and NDP parties are urging the federal government to free up the approximately $3.5-million needed to follow through with its Throne Speech commitment to create an independent Parliamentary Budget Office that would provide non-partisan advice on government surpluses and other ...

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