Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government is doing a roaring trade in what could reasonably be seen as trivialities: buck-a-beer, booze in corner stores, legalized tailgate parties. In point of fact, however, fiscal conservatives will not be thrilled by this budget. Whereas the Liberals’ 2018-19 spendathon projected $163.5 billion in total spending for 2019-20, Fedeli’s document projects … $163.4 billion. The budget says yes, and then some: 9 a.m. opening time seven days a week, and the suggestion of further liberalization to come. Doug Ford likes football, tailgate parties and casinos — and not the clinical, line-up-for-a-beer kind of casinos.

Source: National Post April 11, 2019 20:48 UTC