Finance Minister: Deputy Liberal Leader Ralph Goodale

Deputy Liberal leader Ralph Goodale: The former finance minister says it's the wrong policy when households are carrying record levels of debt, the country is running a chronic trade deficit and businesses aren't boosting their investments. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. He says the Tories should also stop spending millions of taxpayer dollars on advertising unless there's some accountability on how that money is spent. Deputy Liberal leader Ralph Goodale is urging the federal Conservatives to abandon what he calls their obsession with austerity in Tuesday's budget. Goodale says the government should allot more money for infrastructure and access to post-secondary education, while eliminating tariffs on consumer goods and reducing the burden of higher employment insurance payroll taxes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.