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Article: Canada's federal government says it gave too much money to four provinces
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- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- January 29, 2002
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Dateline: OTTAWA
An accounting error caused Canada's federal government to pay dlrs
3.3 billion Canadian (dlrs 2.1 billion U.S.) more than intended to
four provinces in recent years, the government said Tuesday.
The error detected in a computer system upgrade in December resulted
in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba
getting more tax money collected on their behalf by the federal government