The Carney Liberals arrive at a fiscal fork in the road

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The Carney Liberals arrive at a fiscal fork in the road

The Nov. 4 federal budget is the biggest test yet on whether the government really is choosing a different path than its predecessor The Editorial Board The Globe and Mail Published 1 minute ago

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The current incarnation of the federal Liberals has parted ways with the Trudeau government on a host of issues. The federal fuel charge, defence spending, bail provisions, capital gains taxation, the digital sales tax: on all of those policies, the Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney have charted a much different course, one that has tacked to the political centre (or even right of centre).

But the biggest test of whether the current incarnation of the