US EditionCarney’s 1st budget to show Canadians the ‘cost to sovereignty’: experts
The budget plans a one-percentage point income tax cut and increased military spending, with deficits expected above $60 billion amid efforts to reduce reliance on the U.S. economy.
- Fiscal experts say Ottawa will have to justify a seismic shift in spending from government programs towards defense and infrastructure in the upcoming fall budget.
- The budget will reveal the trade war's impact on Canada's economic outlook and the cost of becoming economically independent from the United States.
- Observers expect the budget to show a ballooned federal deficit, potentially over $70 billion due to tariff revenue shortfalls, tax cuts, and increased spending on infrastructure and defense.
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Carney's fall budget to show Canadians the 'cost to sovereignty': experts
Fiscal experts say Ottawa will have to be transparent with Canadians in the upcoming fall budget to justify a seismic shift in spending away from government programs and toward defence and infrastructure.
Carney’s 1st budget to show Canadians the ‘cost to sovereignty’: experts
Fiscal experts say Ottawa will have to be transparent with Canadians in the upcoming fall budget to justify a seismic shift in spending away from government programs and toward defence and infrastructure.
Winnipeg Free Press
Carney's 1st budget to show Canadians the 'cost to sovereignty': experts
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Carney’s budgetary sleight of hand – Brooks Bulletin
EDITORIALTORONTO SUN During the federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to “spend less on operations so we can invest more” into “nation-building projects”.He also “committed to capping, not cutting, public service employment.”How he’s going to square that circle, given that from 2015 to 2024, the size of the federal public service rose by 43% — far outstripping the 15% increase in Canada’s population between 2015 (35,606,734) and …
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