Budget should respect regional economic differences, says Finance Committee Chair Easter

With the House Finance Committee’s pre-budget hearings wrapping up, committee members predict they'll focus on differences in regional economic growth and consider specific ways to implement wide-ranging spending requests.

Rookie Liberal MP Raj Grewal, a member of the House Finance Committee, pictured at last week's pre-budget consultation hearings on the Hill. The committee is beginning to draft its report on its recommendations for Budget 2017.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

October 31, 2016

With the House Finance Committee wrapping up it's 2017 pre-budget consultations, Liberal MP and committee Chair Wayne Easter says one of the key takeaways is the need to show diversity in how economic policy is implemented across Canada. “[The consultations] showed that Canada is really a coun...

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