Melillo: ‘There’s no plan’ to reduce Canada’s $354 billion debt

Melillo: ‘There’s no plan’ to reduce Canada’s $354 billion debt

Photo courtesy of Kenora MP Eric Melillo. This year’s federal budget process was expected to be divisive due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of another election, but opposition member Eric Melillo says he still wasn’t expecting to see the national debt reach over $354 billion.

“There’s lots of spending in it, and that’s where my major concern is,” said Kenora MP Eric Melillo.

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