NDP balance budget vow questioned after deficit projection
The Manitoba NDP faces a potential end of year deficit for 1999/00, despite campaigning to keep the Balanced Budget Law intact. A Deloitte and Touche review estimates a $262 to $417 million shortfall, challenging four years of surpluses and the law's credibility.
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A reader argues curfews fail to curb youth wandering and taxes are blamed on higher levels of government. The Dauphin Herald's coverage prompts careful deliberation on youth inclusion and enforcement, while Watrous Manitou links tax pain to provincial and federal cost shifts and calls for targeted budget reform.
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