David Akin's On the Hill

Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Wednesday, November 15

The surplus keeps on growing

by DavidAkin on Wed 15 Nov 2006 11:37 AM EST

Spurred on by overflowing income tax revenue, the federal government’s budget surplus is now at $5.3–billion for the period between April 1 (the beginning of Ottawa’s fiscal year) and the end of Septe... more »

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