Federal surplus swells to $9 billion

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/12/16/785894-cp.html

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal surplus swelled to $9 billion in just the first seven months of the current fiscal year, thanks to a windfall from Ottawa's sale of its stake in Petro-Canada.

The latest figures from the federal Finance Department show that from April to October, the government took in $9 billion more than it spent - dramatically larger than the $5.8-billion surplus reported during the same period a year ago.

This year's surplus was swollen by the one-time results from the sale of the federal government's final holdings in the former Crown corporation.

That added $2.6 billion to Ottawa's coffers in September, said the Finance Department.

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