With a surprise $1.9 billion surplus from last year in the bank, the three main federal party leaders went on a spending spree Tuesday by making new campaign promises.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a two-thousand-dollar single seniors tax credit.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau vowed $750 million for skilled trades funding and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair promised to establish a $100 million mental health innovation fund for children and youth.
The prime minister also found time to laud his party's fiscal stewardship ahead of a Calgary debate tomorrow night on the state of the Canadian economy.
Meanwhile, another would-be Tory MP is out over inappropriate comments on social media.
The party dropped Newfoundland and Labrador candidate Blair Dale over Facebook comments that a spokesman said were ``incompatible with our party.''
On the campaign trail Wednesday, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will make an announcement in Calgary while Harper and Mulcair keep a low profile as they prepare for the debate.
Green party Leader Elizabeth May will attend three events in Guelph, Ontario and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe will make campaign stops in Montreal and in the nearby communities of Chambly and Saint Jean Sur Richelieu.
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