MONTREAL — Quebec’s ombudsman gave the opposition the perfect tool to hammer the government ahead of the 2018 provincial election: she said on Thursday that Liberal efforts to balance the budget are hurting the elderly. She also said the number of complaints her office received increased 38 per cent since around the time the Liberal party won office in 2014. “The number of complaints judged well-founded increased by 58 per cent over the same period, since 2013-14,” she told reporters. “The day when (she) would deflate the propaganda balloon that the Liberals’ sound management created billions in surpluses in order to give back pre-electoral treats. Barrette was also targeted during the “bath scandal,” when the opposition attacked the government for only offering seniors one single bath per week in residences.

Source: National Post September 28, 2017 19:30 UTC