Election: October and Budget

election: Canadian finance minister Bill Morneau released the 2019 Federal Budget on March 19, his last before the next federal election in October, according to The Toronto Star. Cole Burston / THE CANADIAN PRESS Here, then, is a look at some of the key measures in this week's federal budget the last one before October's election and a check of how realistic the Liberal government's wish list is, according to some experts. In an election year, the political ones are often even more so. The word deficit seemed to all but vanish from this week's budget, presented by federal finance minister Bill Morneau. But instead of discussing hard deadlines about when the deficit will be eliminated, the budget focused on balance. The deficits themselves, however are around for the foreseeable future. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.