Successful implementation of the government’s stated intent will require a clearly articulated plan and strong leadership. Canada can do this because not doing it is even more frightening. Photo by KLEIN MEDIA/WINNIPEG SUN/Postmedia files

Like many interested observers, I was curious to see how the Carney government plans to navigate the next few years of their mandate. Budgets are always a useful window into government plans to resource their disparate and often conflicting priorities.

I will leave the broader commentary about the political or socio-economic aspects of the latest budget to others. Needless to say, there is plenty to comment on, in many respects due to what is unsaid as much as what is explicit in the plan itself.

Considering the sheer scale and scope of the challen

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