- Will introduce law requiring balanced budgets ‘in normal times’
- Says will balance budget by 2015
- Will reduce debt-to-GDP ratio to ‘pre-recession’ levels by 2017
- Further cuts to internal government spending
- Will review federal assets and sell them ‘when it is in the best interest of Canadians’
- Will invest C$70bn over the next decade in infrastructure
- Will ensure natural resource sectors remain open to foreign investment, ‘when it is market-oriented and in the long-term interests of Canadians’
From Governor General’s speech outlining the government’s agenda
