INDEPTH: BUDGET 2004
Quotes
CBC News Online | March 23, 2004
"There's more to good financial management than just balancing the budget at excessive levels of spending."
Stephen Harper
Leader of the Conservative Party
"It's like paying down the mortgage faster when you've got a leaky roof, a sick grandma and your child is trying to go to university. I don't know a single family that would do what Paul Martin is doing to our economy."
Jack Layton
Leader of the NDP
"Prudence doesn't mean lying to people. And they did that for years, now. They're always saying there will be no surpluses[...]and all of a sudden in August[...]they say we have a huge surplus."
Gilles Duceppe
Leader of the Bloc Quebecois
"Mr. Goodale has not announced any spending initiatives that
will lead to future tax raids on consumers' incomes, which means
Canadians' disposable income is safer."
Diane J. Brisebois
Retail Council of Canada
"What students and their families really needed in this budget was for
the federal government to increase core funding of post-secondary
education in exchange for the provinces agreeing to freeze and lower
tuition fees [...]what they got instead was a prescription for more
debt."
Victor Catano
The Canadian Association of University
Teachers
"We take today's Metis-specific budget inclusion as another positive
sign that a Paul Martin Government wants to truly bring in a new era of
respect and partnership between the Metis Nation and Canada."
Clement Chartier
The Metis National Council
"While we are pleased to see the prudent fiscal management contained in
this budget, it will do little to address the issues facing Canadian
industry today."
Perrin Beatty
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
"This was the 'prudence' budget – the 'not much for anybody' budget. Most of the highlights of the budget
were pre-announced, so market response has been very muted."
Sherry Cooper
BMO Nesbitt Burns
"Basic logic will tell you that giving students higher loans isn't the
way to alleviate student debt, and the government knows this."
James Kusie
Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
"This budget shows no
plan to sustain the quality of life of working families or to promote
equality. Its only plan is to rack up endless surpluses and pay down
debt."
Ken Georgetti
Canadian Labour Congress
"The Throne Speech may have been written for Jack Layton but the budget
is written for Stephen Harper."
Paul Moist
Canadian Union of Public Employees
"Without question, tax relief should have been the priority in today's budget."
Jason Clemens
The Fraser Institute
"For too long, low-impact renewable electricity/green power has been relegated to a "niche" status. Unfortunately, with the lack of Budget initiatives today, the niche status remains."
Ken Ogilvie
Pollution Probe
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