Canada’s Economic Action Plan has helped protect and create thousands of jobs for Canadians. When the global recession hit, our Government took action – action that had now helped the Canadian economy see six straight quarters of economic growth.

Our Government built infrastructure critical to our future prosperity and created jobs when they were needed most.

We’ve now seen the creation of more than 460,000 new jobs since July 2009 and 3.1% growth in 2010.  There are results Canadians can be proud of. We’ve done well – much better than other developed countries.

But there’s still a great deal to do. The global economic recovery remains fragile. Far too many Canadians are still out of work. We can’t afford to interrupt the progress we’re making.

Canadians top priority is the economy, and that‘s also our Government’s top priority.

We’re concluding the temporary stimulus and restraining government spending.

To keep our economy strong, we need to stay on course and return to balanced budgets. Canada already has the lowest debt in the G7, and our Economic Action Plan will see us emerge from deficit in 2015.