With budget 2022, Liberals hold the centre

With budget 2022, the Liberals prove they are becoming ever-more adept at catering to both sides of the political aisle. But the centre cannot hold forever.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland wore royal blue to present budget 2022 to the House of Commons on April 7, 2022. Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen suggested it was to signal fiscal responsibility. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

April 11, 2022

When Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released the federal budget in the House on April 7, she wore a Tory-blue dress and blazer, something Conservative leader Candice Bergen remarked upon at a post-budget presser. “Maybe sh...

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