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Questions were raised Friday over why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t say when the federal budget will be released, even though a Liberal fundraising email put the date in March.

The email, ostensibly sent by Liberal MP Jati Sidhu, went out on Thursday and asked recipients to participate in a survey to identify their priorities for the budget. Such emails are a common trick political parties use for collecting information about potential donors.

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The email’s preamble highlights “the difference that open dialogue can make in achieving real change in a community. That is why when we table our first budget in March, we want it to be built together with the input of Canadians from all across the country.”

Trudeau and his ministers have repeatedly refused to say when the budget will be released, though a senior Liberal official told Reuters earlier this week that the budget could be pushed back to April.