New budget will focus on five key areas,
Federal government remains on pace to beat budget target
Finance minister to start national consultations for the 2012 federal budget early next month
Increases in corporate tax revenue offset by declines in personal income taxes, royalties and investment revenue
If the economy performs exactly as private sector economists expect, Ottawa will have $12 billion to add to the bottom line
Federal government will miss four year balanced budget target, Flaherty says
Flaherty to deliver economic and fiscal report card Tuesday
Real GDP will expand by only 1.5% next year and 2.1% in 2012
The prime minister wants to start the cost-cutting exercise, just when the head of the Treasury Board is sinking in a financial scandal
Deficit for August more than $2 billion smaller than last year