Alexei Malakhov/Town Crier His own Eglinton-Lawrence riding on Thursday became the first stop on a cross-Canada tour for federal finance minister Joe Oliver, who is conducting roundtable discussions ahead of the 2015 federal budget. In an address at the Columbus Centre on Lawrence Avenue West he promised not to raise taxes or "engage in reckless new spending that could endanger our economic recovery or jeopardize our fiscal situation."