Kurl: A carefully choreographed budget, crowded out by SNC-Lavalin

Two weeks ago, I gamely speculated that Justin Trudeau’s government had an opening to reset the political narrative with a well-choreographed budget that made all the right moves for centre-left voters. Boy, was I wrong: The Liberals remain flat-footed, more stumbling zombies than dancing queens. The SNC-Lavalin scandal has consumed every last bit of oxygen in Ottawa in a week where Finance Minister Bill Morneau barely got the chance to deliver his budget in the House, let alone defend it