Guest: Tonda MacCharles, Ottawa Bureau Chief

The new federal budget spends $497 billion in all manner of ways, with a host of new green incentives, a grocery rebate for some Canadians and a dental care plan for others. The rich will be taxed more, there is money for the development of a lunar rover vehicle but there is no allotment to help bail out Toronto from its budget shortfall.

This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources: CBC and CPAC