Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Retirement Benefits

Government Dept: Prime Minister Stephen Harper s government used its majority clout to bring in a conservative fiscal blueprint that will scale back future retirement benefits, tie immigration quotas to skills shortages and expand Canada s free-trade agreements. The business-friendly strategy will also ease environmental hurdles to speed construction of pipelines to put Canadian oil on Asian-bound supertankers, according to The Star. The reforms we present today are substantial, responsible and necessary. They will ensure we are focused on enabling and sustaining Canada s long-term economic growth. OTTAWA The Conservatives pinched the penny right out of existence in a 2012 federal budget shakeup meant to clean up Ottawa s books, halt runaway government spending and create a hoped-for economic boom fuelled by oil and Canadian brainpower. Our government is looking ahead not only over the next few years but also over the next generation, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told the Commons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.