. >> yesterday in the canadian house of commons, finance minister jim flaherty delivered the annual budget statement. all three opposition parties have already said they plan to vote against the budget. this could lead to a vote of no confidence and force the government to dissolve parliament and call an early election. courtesy of the canadian public service channel, this is a half hour. [applause] >> speech, speech, speech. >> mr. speaker, today our government presents to canadians the next phase of canada's economic action plan, a low tax plan for jobs and growth. [applause] >> since 2006, our government has worked hard to deliver real benefits to canadians, real support for the challenges of the real world. we cut the gst twice from 7 to 6 to 5%. [applause] >> we introduced the $1200 per year universal child care benefit. we established the tax-free savings account. we removed more than 1 million low-incomed canadians from the tax rolls. the list goes on. we delivered these benefits to support the financial security of canadian families while protecting health care and pensions. in goo

we'll have live coverage as finance minister jim flaherty explains the report to parliament that startshis afternoon at 4:00 eastern on c-span. tonight, prime time here on c-span2, former senator trent lott on reforming the u.s. senate. he is joined by historian richard baker and "wall street journal's" janet hook. they will talk about whether the senate is dysfunctional. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span2. >> once again we are expecting remarks from vice president joe biden this morning. he is appearing at the america's promise summit here in washington which is focused on reducing high school dropout rates in the nation's schools. vice president biden coming up shortly. we'll have him live here on c-span2. until then our guest on this morning's "washington journal" talked about a settlement with u.s. banks related to mortgage and foreclosure abuses. >> host: joining us from tulsa, oklahoma. scott pruitt, republican attorney general in that state. mr. pruitt, the discussion is that this investigation into possible foreclosure fraud that many people heard about last year. r

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> yesterday canada's finance minister jim flaherty delivered his administration's budget to parliament. today prime minister stephen harper answers questions about the budget from house of commons. we'll have live coverage of that story at 2:15 p.m. this is about 35 minutes and courtesy of cpac.>> >> mr. speaker, today our government, the next phase of canada's economic action plan, and low tax plan for jobs andor [appe]. [applause] >> since 2006 our government hao worked hard to deliver real benefits to canadians, real support for the challenges of ge real world. we got the gsd twice from seven 7%six to 5%. we introduced -- we introduced ue 1200-dollar per year universal childcare benefits. we established attacks savingsgs account.we r we remove more than 1 million low income canadians from the tax roll. the list goes we d we deliver these benefits to support the financial security ptecting an families while protecting health care and pension. in good times and challenging circumstances, our government has made responsible c ohoices.