Kurl: Battle over balanced budgets could leave Trudeau a voter deficit

Trudeau’s big gamble. Prime minister rolls dice on spending. Government’s deficit double-down.
Choose whichever casino-related analogy you like, but this week’s announcement of deficit-inflating tax cuts aimed at stimulating business investment does indeed represent a risk, based on three things.
First, whether – and for how long – these new tax write-offs allowing manufacturers to recover expenditures on new equipment and green energy will actually bolster the Cana