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Originally Posted by c.t.ner
My guess is we'll see a couple of interesting new things, but it'll actually be pretty bland and not shocking. (I'm starting to feel with Prentice's early election, this budget really has been beaten to death).
My additional guesses are:
Some additional spending not noted in the platform. (I.e. more post secondary and more health care spending)
No real stimulus spending on infrastructure besides what has already be committed (which I think is a big miss).
The increased personal tax rate is changed to include the 100k - 125k range and the other ranges go up a bit.
A couple of raises to Beer and Cigarette taxes.
This new Small Business Hiring Tax Credit.
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I'll be shocked if there isn't increased infrastructure spending. They didn't bring David Dodge in to sell the status quo. Though how much is announced today I don't know.
Good call on the small business hiring credit. They just about announced that a month ago but held off. I think there will be innovation/diversification/small biz spending too. Though most of that will be policy not budget driven (I think)