Harper Government: David Johnston

David Johnston: The Tory-blue booty was included in a lengthy speech from the throne Wednesday by Gov. Gen. David Johnston that spent almost as much time congratulating the Harper government on past achievements as laying out future priorities, according to Huffington Post. "Tell the prime minister you've got his back and help us seize Canada's moment," the Conservative party operations director, Fred Delorey, urged party followers in a mass email shortly after the late-afternoon speech concluded in the Senate chamber and OTTAWA - Mandatory balanced-budget legislation, interprovincial booze runs, public sector bashing and lifetime prison terms are among a grab bag of populist Conservative promises in a mid-mandate policy makeover. As such, the document marked both the belated return of Parliament and the unofficial start to a federal election campaign that is still two years away. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.