Worry is starting to set in. Days after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her government’s latest budget, with $39 billion in new spending and a $19-billion tax increase to help pay for it, there is concern among some Grit MPs that the Liberals are shooting themselves in the foot.
Some — in Liberal-Conservative swing ridings — worry that blue Liberals who’ve long griped Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spends too much money, will now give Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a second look.
