Government must start ‘walking their talk’ on affordability to maximize political impact of budget roll-out, says pollster

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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, right, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doing the budget day photo-op before heading into the House, presented the 2023 federal budget to the Commons on March 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

March 31, 2023

With the opposition on all sides attacking the government for the rising cost of living, affordability was the top issue the federal Liberals “had to be seen the move on” in their latest budget, says pollster Greg Lyle.

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