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{
"time": "2009-03-03 17:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Rob Wright",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1342661\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I think it is important, given the federal fiscal challenge over the medium term. The government has reassured provinces it will continue to grow the transfers quite substantially. The Canada health transfer, which is the largest, grows at 6% a year. The Canada social transfer will grow at 3% per year. The territorial finance is a little different. It will continue to grow. After having grown by 55%, equalization will grow in line with the overall growth of the economy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1342662\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think it is a very strong story. I know that when we consulted pre-budget, Janice McKinnon, who was at one of our sessions\u2014she was a minister of finance in the early 1990s\u2014remarked on the fact. It was a deliberate decision to reassure the provincial governments. On their side, it would be clear that the Government of Canada has asked provincial governments to be full partners in the stimulus the country needs right now. They can make use of that funding for the similar types of partnerships we've put in play in the government's recent budget.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1342661\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois que cet aspect est important, compte tenu des d\u00e9fis financiers que conna\u00eetra le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral \u00e0 moyen terme. Le gouvernement a donn\u00e9 aux provinces l'assurance que les transferts continueraient de cro\u00eetre de fa\u00e7on consid\u00e9rable. Le Transfert canadien en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9, le plus important des programmes de transfert, a une croissance annuelle de 6 p. 100. Les cr\u00e9dits du Transfert canadien en mati\u00e8re de programmes sociaux augmenteront de 3 p. 100 par ann\u00e9e. Quant \u00e0 la Formule de financement des territoires, elle est un peu diff\u00e9rente, mais les sommes continueront d'augmenter. Pour ce qui est de l'aide financi\u00e8re fournie dans le cadre du Programme de p\u00e9r\u00e9quation, apr\u00e8s avoir augment\u00e9 de 55 p. 100, elle continuera de progresser au m\u00eame rythme que l'\u00e9conomie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1342662\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois que cette situation est tr\u00e8s positive. Lors d'une de nos s\u00e9ances de consultation pr\u00e9budg\u00e9taire, Janice McKinnon \u2014 elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 ministre des Finances au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1990 \u2014 a soulign\u00e9 ce fait. La d\u00e9cision a \u00e9t\u00e9 prise d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment pour rassurer les gouvernements provinciaux. Pour leur part, ils sauraient clairement que le gouvernement du Canada souhaite les voir jouer un r\u00f4le de partenaire \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re dans les mesures de relance dont notre pays a besoin aujourd'hui. Ils peuvent utiliser ce financement pour \u00e9tablir des partenariats semblables \u00e0 ceux que nous avons cr\u00e9\u00e9s dans le cadre du dernier budget du gouvernement. </p>"
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