OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau targeted Pierre Poilievre Wednesday, arguing the Conservative leader’s likely vote against the Liberal budget isn’t about opposition to record-high spending and ongoing deficits, but about protecting wealthy Canadians from tax increases.

The Liberals unveiled their budget Tuesday, which includes billions in new spending and continues high deficits through the next five years, even adding more than $10 billion in extra red ink in the next five years over and above the government’s own deficit projections from the fall.