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Posted AT 12:00 AM EST on 05/12/08

Executives pan PM's plan as lacking punch

RICHARD BLACKWELL

From Friday's Globe and Mail

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may have won the skirmish that gives him time to come up with a budget providing economic stimulus, but he'll be under intense pressure to get it right because close to half of business executives think his moves to date were deficient. Results from The Globe and Mail's C-Suite survey of top decision makers reveal that about 45 per cent feel the Nov. 27 fiscal update was inadequate and should have included immediate stimulus.

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