The CBC’s Reality Check column has a useful breakdown of the budget cuts and spending proposed by all major parties. If you are a disaffected or jaded voter, look over this list of spending promises and determine how the financial priorities of each party will directly affect you.

The government’s foremost responsibility is to redestribute tax revenue across a broad spectrum of public and special interests. Unless you live in a cave, these are your interests too. Amid all the federalist, moral and private versus public rhetoric we will hear over the remainder of the campaign, these budgetary ideas are really where the real meat of the election can be found.

Yes, politics really can be that simple… unless of course you happen to be an idealogue, zealot or homophobe. In which case, simply disregard all fiscal policy and vote for whatever your irrationality commits you to.