{"id":15802,"date":"2021-04-19T20:22:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15802"},"modified":"2021-04-19T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:27:06","slug":"budget-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15802","title":{"rendered":"Budget Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Finance-Minister.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Finance-Minister.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Finance-Minister-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Finance-Minister-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland , the first woman to take on the powerful position, rolled out the Liberal government&#8217;s first budget in 2 years.Suffice to say it was about a large sweeping tsunami of spending billions on Canadians.YIPEE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freeland in addition to juggling ,tightrope walking, chair balancing and unicycle hijinks also bats cleanup for whatever crisis the government finds itself in and is often called upon as the designated hitter ! (<em>no hockey analogies were available at the time of posting<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-7.jpg 574w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-7-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 85vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-6.jpg 510w, 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src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xBudget-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xBudget-1-.jpg 616w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xBudget-1--249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-3-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-2.jpg 829w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-2-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/xbudget-2-768x695.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"750\" 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class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mars.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mars-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mars-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/deliver.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15841\" 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