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Originally Posted by Blaster86
It isn't. It's a fair question and I never said the interviewer was out of line, and I get that the way I am talking about it sounds like I feel that the question was out of line but I don't. That's a pretty standard question in this situation. I think he could have let the question go after Trudeau was dismissive but I can understand why he was trying to get an answer.
But from Trudeau's stand point, he knows a total is coming so why in god's name does he risk a #### up here only to contradict himself in five days. Instead, he suggests that he isn't totally sure at this point, but the full total is coming and that they are within their proposed budget. And truthfully, I think his careful disposition in interviews like this is why he's managed to make up so much ground for his party and the "leader of choice" polls. It's shrewd politics in my mind.
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It came across to me that Trudeau didn't see the numbers thing as being all that important in the interview. It's not a contradiction to say what the cost of your spending promises were at that time. It could be there were more questions to be asked based on his numbers and how it might impact the pocketbooks of Canadians.