Flaherty eyes lean budget: Finance minister to submit fiscal plan on February 26
Metro news
Feb 12, 2008

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty exits the House of Commons, Monday February 11, 2008, after Question Period where he announced he would deliver his budget February 26, 2008.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he will hand down a "cautious" surplus budget for tough economic times on February 26, but hinted there would be at least modest tax cuts for Canadians.

The finance minister yesterday confirmed the worst-kept secret in Ottawa — the date of his third, and with the Liberals threatening to bring down the minority Conservatives, possibly his last budget before a general election — vowing he would not introduce major spending and tax measures that would send the government into a deficit….