A majority are concerned about the new federal budget increasing the country’s deficit to over 40 billion dollars; two in five say the new federal budget has done a poor/very poor job addressing the issues they and their families are worried about (CTV/Nanos)

A majority of Canadians are concerned (42%) or somewhat concerned (29%) about the new federal budget increasing the country’s deficit to over 40 billion dollars, which is 10 billion dollars more than estimated in last fall's economic snapshot. Residents of the Prairies are most likely to report being concerned (54%), while those from Quebec are least likely (27% concerned). Based on what they’ve heard about the most recent federal budget, about two in five Canadians say it has done a poor (19%) ...