http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trud...cult-1.3443885
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is backing away from a central Liberal election vow to return the public books to balance before the end of this mandate.
Trudeau also tells Montreal's La Presse newspaper that, due to the weakening economy, the government's upcoming 2016-17 budget plan will show a deficit larger than the Liberals' promised $10-billion shortfall cap.
He says officials still don't have a figure on the size of the projected deficit.
So the central election promises of balanced budget within their mandate and not exceeding 10 billion deficit annually are out the window. The scary part is that they don't have any type of figure or estimate for the projected deficit. I didn't vote for the Liberals and would consider my self nonpartisan (i've voted for every major federal party at different points in my life) but this is very concerning and reaffirms some of my apprehensions regarding this government.