Left: Prime Minister Stephen Harper (photo, CP)
Right: NDP Finance Critic Nathan Cullen (photo, Wikipedia)
The House of Commons is resuming sitting today, in what pundits say will be the last session before an expected federal election happening in October. Prime Minister Stephen Harper (pictured, left) has said he’ll be making economic, as well as public safety issues, the main focus. He re-iterated the government’s agenda during a campaign-style speech in the Ottawa-area yesterday. The recent collapse in oil prices has sucked billions of dollars out of the federal treasury and forced the government to delay the budget until at least April. However, the prime minister says he still intends to balance the budget this year and go ahead with all the pre-election tax goodies the Tories announced last year. Despite global economic turmoil, Harper says Canada’s heading in the right direction. However, the opposition says they’ll be targeting the Tories’ Economic record during the session. Official Opposition Finance Critic Nathan Cullen (pictured, right) says because of the falling oil prices, the government should be careful what it wishes for by playing up its economic record.
– Posted by BET (With Information from the Canadian Press)
