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Maybe we're ready to get rid of Thatcherite small government? - robkelk - 04-20-2021
CBC Analysis: With one budget, Freeland overturned 3 decades of political orthodoxy
Quote:Most members of Parliament grew up in a political culture that embraced the Reagan-Thatcher school of low taxes, light regulation and small government. Thanks to the pandemic — and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's new budget — that era arguably came to an end this week.
This is as good a time to find out as any - Canada currently has a minority government, and if enough other political parties don't like this, the budget will be voted down which automatically launches an election to be held no later than 65 days after the budget doesn't pass. And if that happens, you can bet that this'll be the big election issue, at least to begin with.