Today is your day Boomer! Any time a government releases its annual budget, people get angry. Critics jump up and down and scream, and there are gloomy faces galore. Afterall, it is "the taxpayers' money" the government is spending. However, I like to look at the positives....so here are some notable good things for Boomers in Trudeau's federal budget released yesterday:(1)The increase in excise duties on alcohol has been capped at 2 per cent for one year, as of April 1. The increase was expected to be more than 6 per cent, and was widely criticized by microbrewers, distillers, and the opposition parties. (2)The government is proposing a new one-time “grocery rebate.” According to the budget, about 11 million low-and modest-income Canadians would be eligible. For many Boomers, that is a $225 GST rebate cheque.(3)If you like to travel, the budget proposes $1.8 billion over five years for air security to “maintain and increase its level of service, improve screening wait times, and strengthen security measures at the airports.”(4)The budget lays out $46.2 billion more than previously earmarked for health care as part of the deal with the provinces and territories in exchange for improvements to patient care and access.(5)The budget also lays out plans to expand the Canada Dental Benefit — which currently helps cover the dental care costs of children under 12 — and sets out $13 billion over five years to create a federal dental care plan. The new plan would provide dental care coverage to uninsured Canadians with a family income of less than $90,000 by the end of this year. That's it, as far as I can see. 255 pages of budget blah, blah. But some good news. Cheer up doom and gloomers!