That’s the verdict from Queen’s Park about the federal Liberal government’s pre-election spending plan. Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli has dismissed the federal Liberal’s budget saying it is nothing more than a re-election plan. ( COLE BURSTON / THE CANADIAN PRESS )Finance Minister Vic Fedeli, who will table the Progressive Conservatives’ first budget on April 11, said federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s fiscal blueprint falls short. “This is nothing more than a re-election budget,” Fedeli told reporters Thursday, decrying Morneau’s “endless deficits” while continuing to shortchange Ontario, which contributes $12.9 billion more to Ottawa than it receives back in services and transfers. Article Continued Below“We look at the devastation that was caused by the provincial Liberals and I’m seeing a mirror image here with the federal Liberals.” The provincial Tories and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals have been almost constantly at odds since Ford took office nine months ago.

Source: thestar March 19, 2019 22:33 UTC