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Anyone who’s ever procrastinated on a term paper will sympathize with the Liberal government’s excuses about why it hasn’t introduced promised legislation to increase the capital gains inclusion rate. The trouble is Canadians are waiting on the details of the policy before they make huge financial decisions while the government drags its heels.