Canada's Deficit Poses a Political Test

By NIRMALA MENON OTTAWA -- Canada's government unveiled a federal budget Tuesday that is expected to include billions of dollars of stimulus spending and plunge finances into the red for the first time in more than a decade, in a test of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's leadership.

Mr. Harper's 2009 budget will need the backing of the main opposition Liberal Party to clear a series of confidence votes in the following days. Parliament...

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