Harper government on the cusp of 'pivotal' free trade deal with South Korea

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will unveil his 10th budget Tuesday, but the Harper government's biggest piece of economic news likely won't be in it: Canada is on the cusp of a free trade deal with South Korea after nine years of negotiations.A deal with Canada's seventh biggest trading partner has been a long time coming. Talks were launched in 2005 but were stalled for four years, in part due to the resistance of auto unions in this country, who claimed a deal would result in a growing trade imbalance and job losses.