CBC: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second budget — set to be unveiled on Thursday — will include new affordability measures, business tax incentives and investments in infrastructure, defence and culture, according to a senior government source.
…Expect the Carney government to try to make the case that there is the fiscal room to do what it wants and still be fiscally responsible — even as it fends off criticism based on a recent Parliamentary Budget Office report that found public debt charges are the government’s fastest-growing expense and are projected to reach $83 billion by 2030-31…