Employment Minister Jason Kenney: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: This time, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Employment Minister Jason Kenney are clashing over a key promise Conservatives made in the last federal election en route to their majority mandate, according to Huffington Post. Flaherty's budget projects a $6.4-billion surplus in 2015. He expects it will cost roughly $2.5 billion to fulfill the income-splitting promise that was central to the Tory campaign in 2011, but told the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce he'd rather pay down public debt and cut taxes and It appears two key members of Stephen Harper 's inner circle don't see eye-to-eye yet again. On Wednesday, Flaherty suggested that expanding income-splitting for families with dependents under the age of 18 may not be the ideal way to spend the "nice, clean surplus" he anticipates in time for the next election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.