Oliver offers low taxes, but little promise of much economic growth

Politics is what this year’s budget is mainly about, and it’s loaded with promises to dazzle voters.

TORONTO—Finance Minister Joe Oliver describes his budget as “a low-tax plan” for jobs and growth. It is a statement of his and the government’s faith in low taxes as the key to economic prosperity. Unfortunately, it is not delivering the promised result...

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