Budget passed in record 26 Commons sitting days

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says government to fast-track $236-billion in federal spending.

The government will fast-track the federal budget by moving up the entire $236-billion spending estimates process, accelerate available funding to April 1 rather than wait for four to 10 months through the Parliamentary estimates process, and will set a two-month deadline for Cabinet and Treasury...

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