Original sentence: It also included tax cuts, stretched out over the next five years.It was criticized as an "election budget", essentially handing out cash to as wide an array of people as possible in order to secure the Liberal Party's electoral fortunes.On February 9, 2004, Martin and the Liberals were rocked by a report from Auditor General Sheila Fraser that sponsorship contracts designed to increase the federal government's status in Quebec resulted in little to no work done.Recent polls have suggested that Canadians do not wish to be involved with the US Missile Defence Program.Regarding the proposal that homosexual couples be limited to civil unions, instead of being allowed to marry: "Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal.The 2005 federal budget was presented in the House of Commons on February 23, 2005
Edited sentence: Firstly if a nuclear missile is incoming, the US President can hardly be expected to use his few minutes to phone the Canadian Prime Minister to ask for permission to shoot it down.However, recent polls have suggested that Canadians do not wish to be involved with the US Missile Defence Program.It also included a small tax cut, stretched out over the next five years.It was widely considered to be an "election budget", essentially handing out cash to as wide an array of people as possible in order to secure the Liberal Party's electoral fortunes.Many believed the annoucement had its flaws.On February 9, 2004 Martin and the Liberals were rocked by a report from Auditor General Sheila Fraser that sponsorship contracts designed to increase the federal government's status in Quebec resulted in little to no work done.Regarding the proposal that homosexual couples be limited to civil unions: "Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal".Secondly, it was seen to be ignorant of geography, as the US ABM missiles, as presently stationed, will not cross Canadian airspace in any case.The 2005 Canadian budget was brought down in the House of Commons on February 23, 2005