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Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Nycole Turmel, the interim leader of the Official Opposition
In a very cordial meeting, the Prime Minister made it clear that the government's number-one priority is jobs and economic growth and that, under our Government, Canada will make the transformations necessary to sustain economic growth, job creation and prosperity, now and for the next generation.
The Prime Minister noted that the government will continue to: keep tax rates down; to make the key investments in science and technology necessary to sustain a modern, competitive economy; and to advance our trade linkages.
The Prime Minister reiterated that the government will make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the United States, and specifically to Asia. They discussed the Prime Minister's trip to China.
Ms. Turmel raised health care, aboriginals and others matters of concern to the NDP.
