TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2014 /CNW/ - The following organizations are expected to issue reactive statements to today's federal budget and/or be available to media for comment.

These statements and all other news releases related to the 2014 federal budget announcement can be found at: http://www.newswire.ca/en/topics/135745

• Assembly of First Nations / Assemblée des Premières Nations
• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada / Association des universités et collèges du Canada
• Canadian Association for Community Living / Association canadienne pour l'intégration communautaire
• Canadian Cancer Society / Société canadienne du cancer
• Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) / Fédération canadienne de l'entreprise indépendante (FCEI)
• Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement / Fondation canadienne pour l'amélioration des services de santé
• Canadian Nurses Association / Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada
• Canadian Parents for French
• Canadian Payroll Association (CPA) / L'Association canadienne de la paie (ACP)
• Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association / Association canadienne des restaurateurs et des services alimentaires
• Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT) / Coalition pour les Trains de Voyageurs  d'Algoma
• Collins Barrow National Cooperative Inc.
• CPA Canada (Chartered Professional Accountants) / Comptables Professionnels Agrees (CPA Canada)
• Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) / Association des produits forestiers du Canada (APFC)
• Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)
• George Brown College
• Grain Farmers of Ontario
• Heart and Stroke Foundation / Fondation des maladies du coeur et de l'AVC
• Montreal Economic Institute / Institut économique de Montréal
• Quebec Employers Council / Conseil du patronat du Québec
• Retail Council of Canada / Conseil canadien du commerce de detail
• The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada / L'Association des universités et collèges du Canada
• The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
• Unifor the union/Le Syndicat Unifor

A list of media contacts from each organization is available at this link.

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