Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Its banking system had withstood the financial meltdown. Its storehouse of oil and other valuable commodities was allowing it to weather the recession better than most, according to The Star. But now the Canadian economy is no longer leading the developed world. In terms of most indicators, it has slipped back to the middle among the so-called G7 nations and Six years ago, Canadas economy was the envy of the world. Understandably perhaps, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government claimed all the credit. They argued that their recipe of fiscal restraint and reliance on market forces had delivered the goods. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.