Federal budget signals seismic shift for infrastructure funding

Witness the multi-billion-dollar corporate handout for infrastructure funding. This is the political tectonic plate of the Harper government budget.

Jim Flaherty's federal budget has lost some of its shine in just a short few weeks. The reasons for this are varied; chief among them is the awareness that this budget has committed the federal Conservatives to a retreat from governing.

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