We’ll find out this evening just what the Carney government is all about as the Prime Minister brings down his first budget.

The federal Liberals are expected to add billions to defense spending to meet NATO targets. However, the deficit is expected to be at record levels.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne calls this a ‘generational budget’ with heavy investment to spearhead economic activity.

There will be billions of dollars in cuts and billions of dollars in savings.

It will be a couple of weeks before the House of Commons votes on the budget, but it will take all opposition members to say no for government’s plans to be derailed.

The budget comes down at about 5:30 Newfoundland time today, and VOCM News will have coverage on air and at online.

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