Leader Jack Layton: Dwight Duncan

Settlement Policies Dept: Ontario was also shortchanged on unemployment benefits, skills retraining and immigrant settlement policies compared to other provinces, he said. His calls for a modest improvement to the Canada Pension Plan also went unanswered, according to CTV. "I believe that the budget was not designed to get passed," he said. "I can't imagine how federal NDP Leader Jack Layton could support this budget in its current form. And the amount of change it would require would, in my view, require an enormous backdown from the government if they were to do that." There was "absolutely nothing" to boost job creation in Ottawa's $279-billion spending plan, said Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. The budget -- which resurrected a home-energy retrofit program and contained a $300-million boost for the poorest seniors -- seemed to be aimed at provoking an election, Duncan said. As reported in the news.
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