Liberals promise $130B in new spending and no timeline to balance the budget

OTTAWA — A Mark Carney-led government will spend $130 billion on new measures over the next four years, with no timeline to balance the federal budget, according to the costed Liberal platform released on Saturday. Carney said at a Saturday morning announcement in Whitby, Ont., that keeping the spending taps open was part of standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump. “It’s said that there are no atheists in foxholes, there should be no libertarians in a crisis,” said Ca