New Democrat MPs won’t decide whether such a package is sufficient to secure their support for the budget until they see the budget as a whole, said spokesman Karl Belanger.
He pointed out that when it comes to seniors, the party also wants to see a commitment from the government to gradually enrich the Canada Pension Plan — something Flaherty had been in favour of last year but has since backed away from.
While NDP Leader Jack Layton has let it be widely known that he wants to negotiate with the Conservatives on the budget, some of his MPs have said they can’t support any budget that perpetuates corporate-tax reductions. And on that point, the Tories say they are not flexible.
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