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Federal Budget: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Finance Minister Jim Flahertys 10th federal budget all but balances the books this fiscal year, leaving a negligible $2.9-billion shortfall heading into the 2015-16 election year when Prime Minister Stephen Harper will go to the electorate sporting a surplus that could exceed $6 billion, according to 660 News. I say that we ought to be most careful in our outlay, and consider well every shilling we expend, quoth Flaherty and The Conservative government continues to ratchet in the iron corset that will squeeze an eye-catching election-year surplus for the Canadian body politic. Its the fourth consecutive belt-tightening blueprint for Flaherty, who used Tuesdays budget speech in the Commons to echo the words of Canadas 1868 finance minister: (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.