

The tension between this federal government’s neoliberal economic roots and social justice ambitions has always been evident.
Investments in a clean economy, dental care, and a GST top-up stole the show; many other needed investments have gone missing.
We’re not expecting many bells and whistles in this federal budget. It doesn’t need to be that way.
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