Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announces federal budget unveiling for March 29

OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will unveil the next federal budget March 29.

The budget will come out just days before the start of the 2012-2013 fiscal year, which begins April 1.

Flaherty has already warned the budget could contain some program cost cuts as Ottawa tries to balance its books over the next few years.

With the economy expected to slow to less than two per cent annual growth, tax revenues from consumers and companies could be squeezed.