Vulnerable on inflation, Liberals must respond to Poilievre’s attacks ‘on the battlefield,’ say politicos

The government’s current fiscal stance may be ‘moderately stimulative’ but balancing the budget is a ‘political’ issue, says former finance official.

Following a June 7 interest rate hike from the Bank of Canada, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reinforced her government's message that Canada remains in a strong fiscal position, and that inflation is expected to drop before the end of the year.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

June 9, 2023

With the cost of living driving “a bleed of Liberal vote retention,” it presents a “strategic vulnerability” for the government, which will “need to answer on the battlefield where they are being successfully attacked,” says Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Re...

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