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OTTAWA -- Finance Minister John Manley is set to announce the biggest federal spending increases in two decades, unveiling a budget today that critics say will represent Prime Minister Jean [...]

OTTAWA -- Ottawa will adopt a new accounting method for next week's budget that is expected to boost this year's surplus by about $3-billion and open the door for more [...]

OTTAWA -- With war looming in Iraq, Finance Minister John Manley is set to inject $800-million a year, or a total of $2.4-billion over three years, into Canada's cash-strapped military, [...]

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien is increasing the pressure on Finance Minister John Manley to crank up spending as officials argue that the budget surplus will be as much [...]

OTTAWA -- George W. Bush's aggressive package of tax cuts will create new pressure on Ottawa to respond in kind, perhaps as soon as the next federal budget, economists and [...]

OTTAWA -- Finance Minister John Manley's right-hand man was told by the Prime Minister's Office to alter a speech this month that would have provided a road map for a [...]

OTTAWA -- The Liberal government's Speech from the Throne will promise a renewed effort to combat child poverty with a major infusion of new money in the National Child Benefit [...]

OTTAWA -- The federal government is facing an uphill battle if it hopes to carve significant savings from its current programs to pay for the Prime Minister's ambitious social agenda, [...]

OTTAWA -- Faced with a mounting bill for the Prime Minister's planned social legacy, Finance Minister John Manley said yesterday he will take a close look at current spending to [...]