"The Liberal government has abandoned that plan "
Oh please. The government never had any intention of keeping their word about deficits. They did a 180 the moment they were elected and this latest is just more proof of that - they *could* run a smaller deficit without cutting back on current spending but they choose not to because... they don't want to.

And when they've gone even into debt to overstimulate the economy the Bank Of Canada will claw it back through higher interest rates. So they are going deeper into debt just to look like they are doing something knowing it will have no net effect for average Canadians.