Fiscal Policy: Budget

www.immigrantscanada.comFederal Policy Dept: In a sharp break from their first two mandates, the Harper Conservatives are preparing to unveil a budget that is revolutionary rather than evolutionary, one that will introduce sweeping structural changes in key areas of federal policy, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Whether in trade, immigration, retirement benefits, resource development, innovation or fiscal policy, Conservative insiders say, the years of plodding, minority-era "incrementalism" are over. Indeed, there's a sense within Conservative ranks their moment of truth, a chance to distinguish themselves from the other parties in stark terms and establish a lasting legacy, has arrived and finance Minister Jim Flaherty CP Politically, from the government's standpoint, that won't happen a moment too soon -- even if the budget provokes great controversy, which it most certainly will. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news. www.immigrantscanada.com    .  .