Budget 2019 buried by Liberal mistakes

Jane Philpott's candid interview, and a near loss of a confidence vote, put the government's shortcomings squarely back in the spotlight.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget promised deficit spending and help for seniors and young adults, but criticism from former minister Jane Philpott and a near-loss of a confidence vote in the House diverted the media's attention fairly quickly. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

March 25, 2019

What budget? You know, the one Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled, or tried to, on March 19. It happened, but nobody remembers very much about it now. There was a pharmacare program, sort of—it’s unfunded. There was stirring talk of national broadband Internet access—which this writer reca...

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