Liberals set to put stamp on new government with first federal budget in a decade, ‘watershed’ moment

Carleton University’s Ian Lee says the budget is going to be ‘the seminal document’ for the Liberals to differential themselves from the Tories.

All eyes will be on Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Tuesday as he presents the Liberal government's first budget of its mandate. Mr. Morneau is pictured here with Treasury Board President Scott Brison at a pre-budget meeting in Halifax on Jan. 11. Photograph courtesy of Bill Morneau's Twitter

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BY DEREK ABMA

March 21, 2016

This week’s budget presents the Liberal government with an opportunity to truly differentiate itself from a decade of Conservative rule that ended after last year’s election, say those within government and outside observers. On Tuesday, the Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) government—as artic...

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