$3-billion payout next July an election ploy: opposition

PARLIAMENT HILL – The Harper government’s decision to dole out a minimum of $3.1-billion in new and existing child care benefits on July 20—only eight weeks before the scheduled federal election on Oct. 19, 2015—takes “election pandering” to new heights, oppos...

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