Why this budget is a 518-page campaign pamphlet
John Geddes parses the highlights of the 2015 federal budget and the start of the election campaign
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
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