TORONTO, March 21, 2013 /CNW/ - CNW is expecting reaction to today's federal budget from the following organizations, or they've indicated they will be available for comment:

Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, région du Québec

Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

C.D. Howe Institute

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW)

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants

Centrale des Syndicats du Québec (CSQ)

CMA Canada

Community Foundations of Canada

Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)

Conseil du patronat du Québec

Eckler Ltd.

Ernst & Young LLP

Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)

Fédération québécoise des municipalités

FPInnovations

Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)

Humphreys Public Affairs Group

Impact Public Affairs

Institut de Recherche et D'Informations Socio-Économiques

KPMG LLP

Public Service Alliance of Canada - PSAC (Ottawa)

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

TNS Canada

Union des Municipalités du Québec

Ville de Montréal

News releases issued in reaction to the 2013 federal budget announcement will also be available at the following URL:

http://www.newswire.ca/en/topics/127141

SOURCE: CNW Group Ltd.