Political parties and their leaders don’t always have a stellar reputation for keeping their promises. This week’s budget offers an opportunity to check on some of the things Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal Party promised during the election campaign in the spring. Did they become reality?
We can’t be comprehensive. There are parts of the budget that didn’t start with specific campaign promises, and there were campaign promises that don’t have budget implications.
But some things can be checked, and they include some of the biggest priorities of Carney’s government.
The tariff fight
After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian-made vehicles on April 3, Carney announced retaliatory tariffs aimed specifically at the auto industry (by th
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