Stephen Harper: Ottawa

Federal Government Dept: Provincial governments are big players on their own: far bigger than Ottawa. As a group, they collect more in taxes than the federal government. They spend accordingly, according to The Star. Unfortunately, they didn t take full advantage of this opportunity at their just-completed Halifax meeting and canada s premiers may want Stephen Harper to help them grapple with the struggling economy. But they don t need him. So if they want to do something about the country s jobless rate, they ve got the fiscal clout to act with or without the approval of the prime minister. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.