The upcoming federal budget won’t be routine. While budgets are political exercises as much as economic ones, the political exigencies of the day call for a plan to not only manage state finances and to set core policy goals, but to define the nature and purpose of the country itself. As the Trump administration continues its trade war against Canada – and the world – while we stare down threats to our sovereignty, a lingering affordability crisis and a potential recession, the Liberals must make a serious effort to answer the questions “What do we want this country to be about?” and “How do we wish to build the nation – and for whom?”
We know for “whom” and it ain’t us.
