Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: Conservative Government

Federal Government Jobs Dept: The majority of the spending review reductions relate to back office operations of government, he said, suggesting the savings will be felt mostly in the inner workings of the federal bureaucracy, according to The Star. Olive: It s about cutbacks, no matter what Flaherty says He is doing so even though he expressed confidence Wednesday the Conservative government is doing well enough financially to eliminate its record budget deficits as promised within several years and oTTAWA Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is trying to play down the impact of the spending cuts in his budget, saying they will not slash government programs and services for Canadians. Flaherty, who will lay out his economic strategy in the Commons at about 4 p.m. Thursday, is expected to bring in the toughest budget in years, scaling back government spending, axing federal government jobs and moving to curb the social entitlements available to Canadians. Finance Minister Flaherty s vision of smaller government for Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.