(Michael Peake/Toronto Sun/Postmedia)
To call a federal budget a political document is a cliché. What else would the annual unveiling of a set-piece plan for taxing and spending be? But in this election year, with every eye in Ottawa squinting ahead to the Oct. 19 fixed date for Canadians to go to the polls, Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s budget is even more political than usual—a 518-page campaign pamphlet.
If there was any doubt about that, Oliver quickly erased it by including in his budget speech a shoutout to every voting group Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s campaign strategists covet. Middle-class parents? Naturally. Seniors, …read more
Source: Macleans
