In her first budget a year ago, Chrystia Freeland told Canadians that there was a risk of doing too little to secure the post-pandemic recovery.
As the finance minister prepares to deliver her second financial plan later this week, there’s every expectation that she will continue to spend.
Between the Liberals’ own election pledges — on housing, climate change and seniors — and commitments to pursue universal dental and drug care through the party’s supply and confidence deal with the New Democrats, the budget is expected to include billions of dollars in new spending.
All of it is affordable, Freeland argued last week in the House of Commons.
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