In the last four years, the federal government has taken hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces by closing military bases, reducing unemployment insurance benefits, slashing budgets for regional development, and reducing tax transfers for health, welfare and education.
The government has tried to balance the budget by closing overseas military bases to save money.
( z1 try :ARG0 ( z2 government-organization :ARG0-of ( z3 govern ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 balance :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z5 budget ) :manner ( z6 close :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z7 base :mod ( z8 military ) :location ( z9 overseas ) ) :purpose ( z10 save :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z11 money ) ) ) ) )