OTTAWA -- The Opposition NDP is accusing the federal Conservatives of endangering the fragile economic recovery, and calling on the prime minister to meet with the premiers in an economic forum in November.
In a fiery speech to his caucus, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair described recent cuts to federal spending made by the Tories "reckless."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been boasting about his party's achievements since taking office in 2006, including the creation of roughly three quarters of a million jobs.
But Mulcair told the first NDP caucus meeting of the fall session of Parliament that Harper's economic record is shoddy, pointing to Canada's record trade deficit in July and massive household debt levels.
Mulcair has tabled a motion, to be debated Thursday, that calls on all levels of government to build a balanced economy.
And it insists that Harper meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts in November when they're slated to hold a national economic summit in Halifax.
