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Liberals file a federal budget for young voters, will it work?

Government must now sell a budget they say will help younger Canadians catch up
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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. It’s now up to the federal government to sell a spending plan it says will help younger Canadians catch up to their elders. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

It’s now up to the federal Liberal government to sell a spending plan it says will help younger Canadians catch up to their elders.

So far, if unsurprisingly, their critics and political rivals are unimpressed.

The $535-billion budget seeks to restore economic fairness for millennials and gen-Z voters at a time when the minority government is ailing in the polls.

It includes $8.5

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