For the first time since he was elected prime minister, Justin Trudeau squared off in Parliament on Monday against the adversary who will lead the official opposition into the next election. With the government focused on getting its budget bill through Parliament before the summer break, the legislation is the main subject of opposition ire at the moment — and particularly the Canada Infrastructure Bank contained within. The bank’s goal is to get expensive, nationally significant infrastructure built without relying entirely on public debt to pay for it. But Scheer, along with the NDP, spent question period demanding the whole thing be halted. “The prime minister’s billionaire friends have talked him into the infrastructure bank,” Scheer said.

Source: National Post June 06, 2017 00:22 UTC