Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland should be worried about endless demands that could result in hundreds of billions of dollars in deficits or new taxes this decade. Judging from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Sunday interview on Global TV, I suspect she did not have a good week. She was stuck defending the throne speech’s breathtaking permanent spending plans. Her replies, almost refuting the Liberal promises, failed to allay concerns over the growing mountain of debt and taxes implied by the burgeoning federal budget.
Freeland was spot-on to say “not all spending is equal.” Temporary financial supports provided during the pandemic are […]
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