Fairness for every generation: That was the name of the game a year ago, when the federal Liberal government was trying to recapture the support of young Canadians increasingly flocking to the Conservatives.
The finance minister at the time, Chrystia Freeland, presented a federal budget named exactly that and gave a forceful speech defending her party’s proposed – and now abandoned – capital-gains tax hike.
“Do you want to live in a country where the only young Canadians who can buy their own homes are those with parents who can help with the down payment?” Ms. Freeland said.
