Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Jean Charest

Jean Chretien Dept: TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cash-strapped government will try to balance its books on the back of the provinces, the premiers of Ontario and Quebec said Monday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The same thing happened in the 1990s under former prime minister Jean Chretien's Liberal government, but it's "nothing but a shell game," said Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and quebec Premier Jean Charest speaks at The Canadian Club of Toronto on Monday, March 25, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette The leaders of Canada's two most populous provinces say they fear more responsibilities will be downloaded to the provinces in the federal budget later this month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.