PM Harper’s Conservatives face a ‘problem’ in budget’s fiscal room, says Drummond

Conservatives project just $3.5-billion for new spending in expected March budget

With pressures to solve the fiscal imbalance and only a projected $3.5-billion for new spending, the Conservative government is facing something of a cash-crunch in its upcoming budget, making it unlikely it can deliver much more than what it's already promised, such as correcting the so-called f...

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