RECAP: Special coverage of the 2014-2015 federal budget

Above: Ottawa Bureau Chief Jacques Bourbeau details what’s in the Conservatives’ “Road to Balance” and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s plan to balance the budget

Our special live coverage of the 2014-2015 federal budget has ended.

View our full online federal budget coverage here.

Here are the highlights from Global National’s federal budget special broadcast:

From an increase in tobacco taxes and to improvements for snowmobile trails, Senior Political Correspondent Tom Clark breaks down the numbers in Jim Flaherty’s federal budget

Global National’s Vassy Kapelos takes a look at what the budget has in store for Canadian families and the average Canadian

Opposition leader Tom Mulcair’s reaction to the 2014 budget

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau reaction to the 2014 budget

Financial experts weigh in on what’s in the federal budget and what was missing

TD Senior Economist Sonya Gulati says we may have to wait another year to see what the federal budget will do for Canada, once it returns to surplus