Why did the infrastructure commitment stall? WTF?

The horrible reality is that the 2016 budget delivers a large deficit, but without the kind of investments necessary to stimulate the economy to ensure the national finances are strong enough in seven years to close the deal. It reminds me of the themed protest of the UN climate negotiations in 2013 in Warsaw. Everywhere you looked were buttons and banners proclaiming 'WTF?' Translation 'Where’s the Financing?'
The Liberals’ election promises were clear. The way out of the economic stagnation of the last number of years lay in giving our country a serious dose of stimulus spending. And the place to spend that money was in addressing the massive infrastructure deficit. Not afraid of going into a budgetary...

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