PrimeTime Politics Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe joins Peter Van Dusen to discuss the new parliamentary session and his budget demands. They include nearly $5 billion for HST harmonization, equalization payments, social programs, and even compensation for the 1998 ice storm. Constanza Musu, an international affairs professor at the University of Ottawa, discusses the latest developments in Egypt, where President Hosni Mubarak continues to resist calls to leave office. Our regular House leaders’ panel with New Democrat Libby Davies, Liberal David McGuinty, and Tom Lukiwski, parliamentary secretary to the government House leader. Martin Stringer speaks with economists Glen Hodgson (Conference Board of Canada) and Stéfane Marion (National Bank Financial Group) following their meeting with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on the federal budget.Also:Finance Minister Jim Flaherty takes questions in Ottawa.Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer, discusses spending freezes on the operating budgets of federal departments, and whether attrition in the public service is enough to cut costs.