Pundits anticipate expansive, course-setting budget in 2017

'Budget 2017 has a lot more at stake for them; it definitely will be a chance for them to show traction,' says strategist Greg MacEachern.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured during last year's post-budget press conference.
The Trudeau government will likely unveil an ambitious, activist budget in 2017 aimed at setting the course for the remainder of its first mandate after last year's rushed fiscal blueprint merely scratched the surface and largely echoed the Liberals' campaign platform, pundits predict. "In a lot...

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