Johnston’s first Throne Speech
Posted Jun 3, 2011 04:45:46 AM.
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The Harper government will outline today how it plans to run the country over the next four years.
The blueprint will come in a speech from the throne, the first one for Governor General David Johnston since he lest the University of Waterloo to take the job last July.
The speech is expected to be short and direct.
It will focus on the economy as the government’s top priorities.
But it will also provide some sense of how the Tories will move ahead with election campaign promises to crack down on crime and reform the Senate.
Once the stage is set by the throne speech, the government will move onto its budget.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will unveil the document on Monday.
It’s expected to be much the same as the one he introduced in March.
So much so that the government won’t even stage a full budget “lock-up” for journalists and experts to digest it before its release.
