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Throne Speech: Prorogue Parliament and Job Creation

throne speech: Rather, 2018 will be devoted to delivering on the agenda Trudeau's Liberals were elected on a year of relentless implementation, in the words of one insider, who spoke strictly on background, according to National Observer. In other words, a continued focus on spurring economic growth and job creation to ensure a more comfortable future for the middle class and those working hard to join it, as Liberals never tire of saying. He won't shuffle his cabinet or prorogue Parliament and come back with a throne speech laying out a new agenda for the second half of his four-year mandate the traditional ways governments try to signal a fresh start. That means a budget that once again emphasizes investments in infrastructure and preparing Canadians for a changing economy, where advances in artificial intelligence and other technologies threaten traditional jobs. It means hosting a G7 leaders' summit in June that focuses on investing in growth that works for everyone, preparing for the jobs of the future and advancing gender equality, among other things. It means getting the infrastructure bank, created this year, up and running and leveraging private capital for projects that governments alone can't afford. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.