Bloc's $16 billion pension demand may conflict with Liberal political and economic strategy

Bloc gives Trudeau until Oct. 29 to green light spending bill for seniors under the age of 75 to stave off election

The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Quebecois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the stipulation may be at odds with the political and fiscal plans of the Liberals.

The Liberals have taken great pains in the last year to mould their political strategy around a sense of injustice among millennials and generation-Z Canadians who feel their work isn’t paying off like it did for previous generations.