Posted AT 6:56 PM EST on 05/09/08
An $8.8-billion roll of spending announcements
OTTAWA — The Conservative government maintained there's nothing untoward in trumpeting projects on the eve of a federal election, even as it heralded a fresh billion-dollars' worth of taxpayer-funded largesse Friday.
“It's the business of government,” said Chisholm Pothier, a spokesman for Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
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