Liberals Reject Balanced Budget and Mandatory Voting as Official Policy

A stagehand works on the stage in between presenters at the 2023 Liberal National Convention in Ottawa on May 4, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—The federal Liberal party embraced an expansion of affordable housing, building high−speed rail between Ontario and Quebec, and a basic guaranteed income as their three−day policy convention wrapped up in Ottawa Saturday.

But they rejected the ideas of campaigning on a promise to balance the budget or making voting mandatory.