Robbing the opposition to pay for us all

This budget reminds us that the human cost of the pandemic far outweighs the spending necessary to restore lives.

Instead of bowing to political punditry, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland—pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the West Block en route to table the budget on April 19—bucked a neoliberal ideology that has produced some of the largest equity gaps in our systems, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

April 21, 2021

OTTAWA—What a Biden-esque budget; it smells like America’s Rescue Plan up in here (if you missed that DMX reference, I can’t help you). The

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