Flaherty’s budget changed political spectrum in Ottawa

Political organizations must refocus their image otherwise they risk losing contact with their electorate.

TORONTO—"We might not support this budget because the deficit is too high," a number of MPs declared to me last week when I was in Ottawa covering the budget. And, nope, these weren't Conservatives, they were Liberals. Can you imagine that? Liberals concerned about too much spending from th...

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