OTTAWA, ON: The Liberal Balanced Budget Promise, passed away on Mar. 19, 2019, surrounded by the national press gallery, following a prolonged battle with deficit spending, aged three years and six months.
Born in August 2015 to Justin Pierre James Trudeau and an extended Liberal family, the promise began its life with incredible promise, helping secure a majority government for the Trudeau Liberals in the October federal election later that year. On the campaign trail, proud papa Justin never missed an opportunity to showcase the promise, bragging about it prominently in stump speeches and even including it in the Liberal campaign platform.