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Roger Grimes, Leader of the Official Opposition,
has called upon the Finance Minister to release the list of payments
actually made or due to be made from the government to pay the interest on
our debt this year.
"The budget we presented anticipated
payments of $556 million from the total $4.2 billion dollar budget to pay
interest on the debt," stated Mr. Grimes. "This represents 13.8 %
of the budget expenditure." (see attachment)
"I’m requesting this information in
light of Danny Williams claim that $1 billion dollars or 25 % of the budget
is spent on debt servicing," Mr. Grimes said. "These numbers are
very different and someone needs to provide an explanation to the people of
the province." |