Maclean’s on the Hill: Balance budgets, Bob Rae’s new book
Also: looking back and looking ahead at #elxn42
Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac MacSweeney to discuss the headlines of the week. This week, we look more closely at the politics and economics of balancing the federal budget, and talk to Bob Rae about his new book, What Happened to Politics?
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Aaron Wherry on the election week that was
Evan Solomon on what to watch on the campaign trail
THE HEADLINES
ON BALANCEMulcair promises black ink
ON DEFICITSTrudeau pitches red ink
ON CHOICESTry our Policy Face-off Machine
ON EMAILSHow to ignore your inbox
ON BOYS CLUBSThe speech Joe Oliver never made
ON BATTLEGROUNDSTwo boy wonders want Ajax
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