Budget day
Posted Mar 22, 2011 05:13:43 AM.
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OTTAWA – Leaks from Ottawa suggest the governing Conservatives hope to hold off a spring election by offering incentives to the NDP in the federal budget.
A government source says the minority Tories will re-introduce the home energy retrofit program at a cost of $400 million a year.
The government is also prepared to forgive some loans for doctors and nurses who work in rural areas.
Both are key demands made by the New Democrats as the cost for their support of the budget.
The Harper government needs the support of just one opposition party to survive a budget confidence vote.
And it appears the government’s got the money to pay for such vote-winning incentives.
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