Wife Sharon: David Johnston

David Johnston: 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. , according to Winnipeg Free Press and JUSTIN TANG / THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Gov. Gen. David Johnston and his wife, Sharon, share some humour following the throne speech Wednesday. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks with Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon following the Speech from the Throne in the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday October 16, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang The Tory-blue agenda 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. Reaction to the throne speech delivered Wednesday: (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.