Canada's Flaherty says Bloc has given budget input

TORONTO | Mon Dec 8, 2008 11:48am EST

TORONTO Dec 8 (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he has received input from the separatist Bloc Quebecois about the budget he is developing, but has not received proposals from the Liberals or the New Democratic Party, the two other opposition parties.

Flaherty, who is scheduled to deliver a budget on Jan. 27, made the remarks on Monday to reporters in Toronto.

The three opposition parties recently signed a coalition agreement that has the potential to topple the Conservative government, of which Flaherty is a member, from power. (Reporting by Scott Anderson, writing by Lynne Olver; editing by Peter Galloway)

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