Carney's spending promises will require 'significant cuts' to the public service: PBO (ottawacitizen.com)

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[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago

The headline is misleading because the Ottawa Citizen is owned by conservative fanboys, PostMedia. Carney promised a balanced budget but his budget guy said that's not going to happen since making good on his campaign promises is more costly than initially expected and balancing would require a budget cut. They're not doing that. That's just taken out of context for the headline.

But in an interview, Giroux said that the promise of a cap on the public service will not be enough to mitigate Carney’s additional spending. He said he expects higher deficits, and as a result, higher debt servicing charges over the next few years.

Emphasis mine.

“To balance or to pay for these types of additional spending there would need to be severe cuts to the public service, significant cuts,” Giroux said.

There would need to be cuts to balance the budget. That's why they're not going to balance the budget.

[-] patatas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

From the Toronto Star:

Hike in defence spending could mean cuts in other areas, Mark Carney warns

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/hike-in-defence-spending-could-mean-cuts-in-other-areas-mark-carney-warns/article_fdd25361-1e34-4064-ac35-9f1da7b1ee58.html

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

“To balance or to pay for these types of additional spending there would need to be severe cuts to the public service, significant cuts,” Giroux said.

This is a lie.

It's worse than a lie really. Behind this claim are two decisions that the Liberals have made in advance so that they can present this with the frame that cuts are "necessary":

The spending is required, despite not having it in the budget.
The budget may not be increased through taxing the rich.

In other words, Carney wants a pony and rather than make his rich friends pay for it, he's going to screw everyone else.

So yeah, conservatives.

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The party has clearly shifted right under Carney, but conflating them with the Conservatives isn’t just inaccurate, it’s dangerous. Yes, there’s overlap on some issues, but the Conservatives are far more extreme. We’ve seen what happens when we treat two parties as the same despite glaring differences: it only helps the worst actors.

What we need now is relentless pressure for left-wing policies and holding our politicians accountable.