Vague on details, feds’ fiscal update dangles possibility of spring election, say experts

The withholding of specifics in the economic statement is part of a longer-term fiscal and electoral strategy to assure different groups the government has their back, says McGill University professor Daniel Béland.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fiscal update projects the deficit could balloon closer to $400-billion if the pandemic forces the economy to power down further. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

December 1, 2020

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fiscal update sketches an outline of the government's proposed multibillion-dollar recovery and offers a smattering of “goodies” for different constituencies, setting the stage for a potential spring election, say political ex...

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