Almost a decade ago, shortly before Trudeau 2.0 was voted in, something about “Budgets balancing themselves” was a catch-line like “Sunny Ways” and “Openness and Transparency by default” etc…and here we are…nine years later, so far.
How’s the last almost decade of scandals and mismanagement coming along, & is the current government still blaming the previous-previous-previous government and Prime Minister that was last in power in the Spring of 2015 that passed over the reins of governance with a balanced budget?
Truth is, Ottawa needs the extra cash to pay for the promises Freeland made in the budget, which raised spending further even as she repeated her absolute determination to keep outlays under control. She made the promises against all common sense because the Liberals need NDP support to stay in office and care more about that than any extra damage they might do to the economy.
Incumbent governments are getting hammered in elections across the globe. France, Germany, Britain, India, the EU. Trudeau’s troops must be terrified. Frightened governments do crazy things. This time next year we could be looking back on 2024 as the good old days, when borrowing was a mere pittance at 50 billion big ones.
Remember when she declared we couldn’t afford not to invest because interest rates were low?
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