Budget 2016 “an attack on families”
"We both work full-time. We both have 'good' jobs, and we don’t spend. But on this current budget, we simply will not be able to make ends meet. It is impossible."
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Indy correspondent Jon Parsons reports from Ottawa on day 2 of the Peoples Social Forum