Canada offers stimulus budget, but may be too little to re-elect Trudeau government

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, seeking to move past a...

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, seeking to move past a political crisis threatening its re-election, lavished new spending on middle-class voters in its budget on Tuesday, but the measures may be spread too thin to move the needle before October’s vote.

Trudeau has been on the defensive since Feb. 7 over allegations that top government officials leaned on his former justice minister to help SNC-Lavalin Group Inc avoid a corruption trial. But with no single blockbuster pledge and with opposition antics distracting from the Liberals’ message, Nanos Research pollster Nik Nanos said the budget was unlikely to put Trudeau’s party back ahead.

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