Balanced budget, electoral reform back on policy agenda for Liberals at convention

OTTAWA — Balanced budgets and electoral reform are back on the agenda for Canada’s Liberals this week as the party holds its first in-person policy convention in five years.

The Liberal government is coming off a rough few months, hounded by allegations it is failing to protect Canadians and the electoral system from foreign interference.

Some Liberals see the three-day convention as a chance to regroup and remember who they are and what they are trying to do.

Others want to revisit old policy debates, including a call from the Quebec wing of the party to campaign in the next election on a promise to finally balance the budget.