What you need to know about Federal Budget 2018

There were a lot of details in today's budget announcement and CBC News has the breakdown on what you need to know about Federal Budget 2018. Titled "Equality + Growth, A Strong Middle Class," the 367-page budget document offers new cash to tackle the opioid crisis, cope with a surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States and improve living conditions for Indigenous people. Critics are quick to point out that the budget forecasts an $18.1-billion deficit in the 2018-2019 fi