Liberals announce $1.8 billion for new Ottawa Hospital while testing election message

Liberal cabinet ministers road tested Friday what promises to be a central election message — that a Progressive Conservative government would put important spending promises at risk — as they announced $1.8 billion for a new Ottawa super hospital. 
The commitment, announced at a celebratory news conference at The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, will be included in next week’s provincial budget. 
That pre-election budget would also add $38 million to the an