The chief economist at TD Bank said the budget's measures to help first-time homebuyers could actually push housing prices up by as much as 5 per cent. And that means the Liberals' attempts to make it easier for first-time home buyers could actually make it worse.

Last fall, the Liberals announced new tax credits and incentives, worth 595 million dollars over the next five years, to support the struggling news industry.

A Finance Department report projects that by the end of fiscal year 2040-2041 there will be a surplus, but warns of a "fair degree of uncertainty."

The increase came due to rises in tax revenue, employment-insurance premiums and other revenues.

The heads of three organizations allege Morneau presupposed the outcome of the study on national pharmacare by saying he supports an eventual strategy that would preserve existing drug-insurance systems in Canada, rather than tossing them all aside for a new national plan.

The thing is no one really knows for sure what is on the table as the Liberals work on fulfilling a campaign pledge to find $3 billion per year in new revenue by fiscal 2019-20.