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PAUL EDGAR PHILIPPE MARTIN

2012-0124

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1996-12-13

Short speech given by Minister of Finance Paul Edgar Philippe Martin on the occasion of the National Press Club Newsmaker Breakfast, followed by a questions and answers session. Included subjects are the efforts by the government to give confidence to the markets in the capacity of the Canadian government to manage its finances which lead to lower interest rates, Martin’s vision on the role of the government, investing in evolving technologies, opening trade, the discrepancies between the electoral promise to end the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the writing in the Liberal red book, targeting tax cuts and investing to the greater impact on economy growth, the infrastructure program, reducing the ratio between the debt and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economic growth happen even if it was hindered by the Quebec referendum and the Mexican Peso crisis. <30mn>

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