Governor General Michaelle Jean says all of the government's energy will be directed to addressing the challenges faced by Canadian families, businesses and workers. Jean delivered the government's throne speech this morning, and laid out a five part plan the Conservatives say they hope will protect Canada from the global economic crisis. Among the plan, the government says they'll do what they can to avoid ongoing deficits, but says they're not ruling them out in the short-term. They're also promising to expand investment and trade and meet environmental goals. But opposition parties are disappointed the speech didn't include specifics on how the government will handle the fallout from the crisis. Provincial NDP's aren't happy that pine beetle funding wasn't addressed, and the forest industry was barely mentioned, but Prince George-Omineca MLA John Rustad says it's common for throne speeches to exclude details, but Rustad says a strong focus on the economy could be good news for the forestry industry. On the other hand, KPMG's Peter Ransan says what this will mean for the already struggling economy of Northern BC remains unclear. The specifics of today's throne speech should be detailed next week in the government's economic statement.