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James Moore defends Joe Oliver, 2015 budget

Budget week did not go as planned for the government. Industry Minister James Moore joins us to defend controversial comments made by his Finance Minister and justify some of his government's choices in this week's budget.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper (left) stands with Finance Minister Joe Oliver as he arrives to table the budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang (The Canadian Press)

Joe Oliver's first budget was going exactly as planned. A $1.4 billion surplus despite a difficult economic climate and a number of expensive promises. 

But then a key measure of the 2015 budget, paired with a comment made by Oliver during an interview, forced the government to go on the defensive.

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Industry Minister James Moore joins us to defend Joe Oliver's comments, the government's decision to increase the TFSA limit, and to justify a number of choices made by the government in this week's budget. 

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