Budget Speech: Finance John Rose

Finance John Rose: That's what Minister of Finance John Rose was talking about when he stood before this assembly to deliver Canada's first budget speech in 1868. He said, "I say that we ought to be most careful in our outlay, and consider well every shilling we expend.", according to CTV. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to present Canada's Economic Action Plan 2014 and - Mr. Speaker, nearly 150 years ago, Canada was founded with fiscal responsibility as its cornerstone. The men and women who carved this great country out of the wilderness simply called it "good government." Now, that's just old-fashioned English for old-fashioned common sense. And it is that solid, Canadian common sense that has guided our Government through good times and bad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.