ARCHIVED Flaherty's budget cuts $5.2 billion over 3 years
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2012 Budget Highlights
- $5.2B per year in savings by 2015
- Return to budgetary surplus by 2015
- 19,200 federal jobs cut over 3 years
- OAS eligibility age rises to 67 after 2023
- Penny to be discontinued this fall
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