The true cost of SNC-Lavalin: 53 lost days
This editorial first appeared in the Toronto Star on Sunday March 31, 2019.
Although it may feel like ancient history, and remembered about as clearly, it was just last week that Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced the Liberal’s final, pre-election budget, a 460-page basket of goodies titled “Investing in the Middle Class.”
A government’s last budget before an election is usually its most strategic, and effective, opportunity to not only communicate its vision and priorities but to make the case for why it deserves another term in office.