Flaherty will deliver the budget on March 21

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. — Canadian Press file photo

Published on March 14, 2013; Published on March 14, 2013
The Canadian Press and The Telegram

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OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he’ll deliver the federal budget on March 21.

With restraint the watchword for the Harper government, it’s unlikely the budget will have any goodies,

It likely will be a stay-the-course document, keeping things on track toward Flaherty’s forecast of a balanced budget by 2015.

It comes at a time of anemic economic growth.

Real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012.

However, prospects brightened a bit with the latest employment report, which showed the economy created 51,000 new jobs in February.

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