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- Title: Legislative Reports: Prince Edward Island.
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 235 KB
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On March 26, 2002, the Third Session of the Sixty-first General Assembly re-opened for the Spring Sitting with the presentation of the budget. Pat Mella, currently Canada's longest-serving Provincial Treasurer, introduced her sixth budget which contained expenditures of approximately $1 billion. Health and Social Services continued to account for the largest share of Provincial expenditure at just over $389 million, or 38.9% of the total expenditure; followed closely by Education at $203 million, or 20.3% of the total. Tax measures included raising the Health Tax on Tobacco by five dollars per carton of 200 cigarettes, and an increase in the Gasoline Tax of one cent per litre. During the Spring Sitting, 25 Government Bills were introduced, all of which received Royal Assent. Four of the more significant pieces of legislation considered by the House were:
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