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Ottawa - Your share of the federal government's net debt has fallen to its lowest level since 1984, Statistics Canada says. As of March 31, 2003, the government's net debt, defined as the excess of liabilities over financial assets, fell to $526.5 billion, down $8.2 billion from a year earlier. Per person, the net debt decreased to $16,691 from $17,107, the agency reported Tuesday. However, before you break out the champagne, consider that in 1971 each Canadian shared $863 of the load. Ottawa - Tory leader Peter MacKay will not seek the helm of the new merged Conservative Party of Canada he helped create, he announced Tuesday. MacKay, 38, said that while he wanted to run, he concluded "this was not the time" for a second leadership campaign in less than a year Montreal - A dispute between a local furniture store that used the late Frank Zappa's music in a TV commercial and the rocker's wife was settled out of court on Tuesday. Ameublements Tanguay Inc. has formally apologized to Gail Zappa for using the unauthorized music in 1995 and settled the civil suit for an undisclosed amount. The song was played as background music in the ad. A Quebec fan notified the Zappa family about the commercial. Gail Zappa has been a staunch defender of her late husband's work since his death from prostate cancer in 1993 at age 52.
