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Ottawa’s ‘meh’ budget drew skepticism from public, finance department was told

Ottawa’s ‘meh’ budget drew skepticism from public, finance department was told

OTTAWA — Vague, mediocre, "smoke and mirrors" — even "meh." Those are all words Canadians used to describe the Liberal government's last budget in a series of focus groups, summarized in a report compiled for the finance department and recently made public. The 2024 federal budget, delivered last April, was designed to shore up the […]

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