Canada has been without a federal budget for two years.
The Trudeau government is finally planning to introduce a federal budget.
After two years without a budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that a federal budget will be tabled April 19th.
With Canada’s deficit at a record high and debt surging, the Liberals are still expected to continue massive spending, transforming what was seen as ‘temporary emergency spending’ into longer-term large deficits that entrench the role of centralized government at the expense of self-determination and the private sector.
Here’s what Freeland said in the House of Commons:
“We will continue to do whatever it takes to support Canadians through the pandemic. And we have a plan to create jobs and growth in the recovery.
I’ll have more to share on April 19, 2021, when we present the next federal budget.”
We will continue to do whatever it takes to support Canadians through the pandemic. And we have a plan to create jobs and growth in the recovery.
I’ll have more to share on April 19, 2021, when we present the next federal budget. pic.twitter.com/uZRR02Sfbx
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) March 23, 2021
As Conservative Jobs & Industry Critic Pierre Poilievre noted, the budget will be the new April Fools:
“BREAKING: April Fools’ Day moved to April 19th.
“Freeland says federal budget will be tabled April 19””
BREAKING: April Fools’ Day moved to April 19th.
“Freeland says federal budget will be tabled April 19”https://t.co/KuaL5WEgg0
— pierrepoilievre (@PierrePoilievre) March 23, 2021
Election document
The reality is the budget will be an election document from a free-spending government that has zero regard for the long-term health of the Canadian economy, and is instead focused on getting re-elected at all costs.
Spencer Fernando
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