MPs reject bill to close arms export loophole despite some Liberal support

Canadians are concerned about rising government deficits, with a majority believing that middle-class taxpayers will eventually have to foot the bill for all the public overspending, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll. Seventy-one per cent of respondents said they were concerned that both Ottawa and several provincial governments are badly outspending their means at a time when U.S. trade tensions and other threats have weakened Canada’s wider fiscal position. By comparison, 19 per cent of respondents said they were not concerned and 10 per cent said they didn’t know. Under...