The issue focused on options for the federal government to use sales tax revenue to help pay for the plan to build a new life for Canadian technology companies.


But the government declined to offer a clear vision of where the money should come from, saying that it wanted to provide some flexibility as it devised the programs.


The government on Thursday released its final cost and short-term targets for five initiatives that it says will ultimately cost around $9.2 billion over five years.


The government