USD/CAD is steady at 1.2280 as the market awaits the response of the opposition Liberals to the plan. The budget contains the first deficit in a dozen years of about 1.5% of GDP. If the Liberals do not support the budget, the Conservatives will be foreced to stand down. As a minority government, there is a chance a Liberal-led coalition could be formed. Canadians have repeatedly expressed no desire to go back to the polls.