By all indications, Premier Doug Ford’s fiscal plan will provide the Trudeau Liberals with less lethal ammunition to use against their Conservative rivals in the upcoming federal campaign than they had hoped for. In the lead-up to Thursday, the Trudeau Liberals had all but telegraphed their strategy of coming out swinging against the Ontario budget. Ford was always expected to be front and centre in the election narrative of the Trudeau Liberals. At this juncture the Ontario premier is both less popular and more polarizing than the federal Conservative leader. But from the strategic perspective of the federal Liberals, Thursday’s Ontario budget was a disappointment.

Source: thestar April 12, 2019 16:42 UTC