Quebec Liberals to correct costed platform after underestimating debt
The gaffe comes to light as Dominique Anglade prepares to take part in her first debate as Liberal leader on Thursday.
Late Tuesday, the Parti Québécois had to correct its platform hours after presenting it, blaming a spreadsheet error for overstating the cost of its commitments and the projected deficit in the final year of a PQ mandate.The financial framework has been verified by an economics professor at the University of Ottawa, and PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon boasted that his was the only party to present a framework checked by an independent expert.
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