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What's wrong with paying off our debt or cutting taxes so Canadians all benefit, asks Rondi Adamson Before we even discuss how our federal budget surplus might be spent, we have to try and figure out whether that surplus is more than $3 billion (announced by Finance Minister Ralph Goodale in the spring), or $1.6 billion (announced this week). Funny how those projections keep changing — not "ha! ha! funny," of course. Even funnier still was how Prime Minister Paul Martin, in May, was eager to sell out his one positive legacy to Canadians. With the deficit tackled, and taxes...

Gov. Bush: "Job creation and economic prosperity are the corner stones of this important grant as we support these north Florida counties and their efforts." Gov Bush Awards Rural Development Grant to Regional Economic Development Organization For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 11, 2002 Contact: Lisa Gates (850) 488-5394 or David Bishop (850) 487-2568 TALLAHASSEE -- Governor Jeb Bush today awarded the Northwest Business Development Council, doing business as Opportunity Florida, Inc., a $100,000 Regional Rural Development Grant. The grant is to promote economic development in Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Liberty, Jackson, and Washington counties. Governor Bush declared all eight...