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Raitt on committee to find savings in Ottawaover two years earmarked for the re-intro-This is a very small committeeMETROLAND WEST MEDIA duction of the ecoENERGY Retrofit-Homesthat's been given the task to goprograms, which gives homeowners grantsout there and find these saving andHalton MP Lisa Raitt has been chosen to up to $5,000 for energy-efficient homemake sure that taxpayer dollars sit on the committee thats undertaking a upgrades.cross-government review to find savings in going to Ottawa are spent pru-Raitt said she expects Halton residentsOttawa.to take advantage of the energy retrofitdently and we maximize our effi-Raitt, minister of labour, said she was program along with a new Childrens Artciency. Those were the instructionsasked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Tax Credit of $75 and added annual benefitsfrom the prime minister.sit on the committee and is absolutely for low-income seniors, who will receive upthrilled to be part of the review.to an additional $600 a year, or $840 forLisa Raitt, Im very excited. This is a very small couples.Minister of Labour,committee thats been given the task to go There are a couple of things we want toHalton MP out there and find these savings and make bring in once we balance the budget andsure that taxpayer dollars going to Ottawa are one of them is incomes splitting for fami-spent prudently and were maximize our lies, and thats a big issue in our riding. Butefficiency. Those were the instructions from you cant do that stuff unless you balancethe prime minister, said Raitt from Ottawa Two new commitments in include HSTthe budget, said Raitt.in a recent interview.compensation for Quebec and the phasingWere taking a look at the entire govern-The budget is currently up for debate inThe review follows Harpers election ment in one shot.out of the $2 per-vote subsidy, which fun-the House of Commons and the Conservativepromise to eliminate Canadas $32-billion She said the review process is alreadnels about $27 million a year into federaly majority government plans to push thedeficit by 2014, a year earlier than what was unparties. derway. budget through the House beforeplanned in the Conservatives' 2011 budget GBudget highlights include $870 millionovernment departments will have time Parliament breaks for summer.presented on March 22, before the election for their own analysis and information gath-was called.ering this summer before presenting to the The reviews aim is to find cuts of about $4 committee this fall.billion per year. She said she has several ideas of her own Well be working with the bureaucracy. on how to improve government efficiency.Theyll be coming up with ideas and their The recycled budget was delivered Monday analysis on what programs work, what by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and con-doesnt work and what we can improve on, tained the same measures included in the said Raitt. March budget.REMEMBER DAD GREEN FEES MAKE THE PERFECT FATHERS DAY GIFT!PASSES ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR FULLY STOCKED PRO SHOPSAT HIDDEN LAKE GOLF CLUB& LOWVILLE GOLF CLUBCall Hidden Lake Pro Shop905-336-3660or Lowville Pro Shop905-335-6181for further information!Visit Us Online: www.hiddenlakegolf.com9 Friday, June 10, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com