Federal Government: David Johnston

David Johnston: The measure was introduced in the Speech from the Throne, which Gov.-Gen. David Johnston read to a packed Senate chamber that included Members of Parliament, senators, lawmakers and other dignitaries, according to CTV. But the balanced-budget legislation was not among the measures hinted at in pre-speech interviews given by cabinet ministers and The federal government is vowing to introduce new legislation that would mandate a return to balanced budgets in times of economic crisis. As expected, the governments agenda for the next Parliamentary session included promises to help Canadian consumers with their bills, as well as law-and-order measures such as a crack-down on repeat offenders. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.