Federal Government

The Tories Dept: The federal government is expected to cut spending by nearly $6 billion over the next three years and possibly eliminate up to 30,000 public-sector jobs when the smoke clears from Thursday's budget, News has learned. The Tories' first majority government budget since coming to power in 2006 will also extend the $1,000 small-business hiring credit, link immigration to labour shortages and overhaul billions in research dollars, also learned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.