Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister of Finance announced that the surplus for last year was $8.9 million, that he anticipated a surplus for 2002 of $1 billion, but that included a $3 billion contingency fund, and that for next year, it would be up as high as $3.1 billion. In the same statement, he also was clear that any of the surpluses would be used to pay down the national debt. Although he talked in the paper about northern...developing Canada as a northern tiger, he did not make any commitments at this time that would directly benefit the North. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Question 438-14(5): Potential Impacts Of Federal Surplus
In the Legislative Assembly on October 30th, 2002. See this statement in context.
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Question 438-14(5): Potential Impacts Of Federal Surplus
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 29th, 2002
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