Canada's Federal budget will be tabled by Finance Minister Bill Morneau a week from today, on March 19. As we're now just seven months away from the Federal election, there really can't be much doubt about what we can expect the budget to contain, but just in case you're not sure, those helpful Liberals are offering a big hint.
Last night on TV there was a new commercial featuring a bunch of "ordinary Canadians" extolling the virtues of the various social program they benefit from -- child support, old age security. student loans and so on. It ended with the usual cheery, plinky-plonk musical phrase from O Canada that all these things use. The message, almost in so many words: don't miss out on your share of the booty!
These ads are so blatantly partisan that I'm amazed the elections watchdog allows the government to run them. Very evidently, the budget will be offering a whole lot more of the same, in hopes of persuading the electorate to forget about the rather shambolic state the Trudeau government has gotten itself into. Will the electorate ignore the scandals if there's enough money on offer? Very possibly, but in the meantime I'll be hitting the mute button during the ad breaks for the next seven months or so.
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