Federal Government Would Need to Cut Public Service to Pay for Promises: PBO

Federal government would need to cut public service to pay for promises: PBO

The federal government will need to cut the size of the federal public service to implement its campaign promises and “respect its fiscal bottom line,” according to the parliamentary budget officer.

Carney's spending promises will require 'significant cuts' to the public service: PBO

Yves Giroux says a public service cap alone will not be enough to pay for Prime Minister Mark Carney's tax cut and defence spending.

The Ottawan : Newsletters : "Severe cuts" would be needed to pay for PM's promises + First look at the weekend

Thursday, June 5 2025Instagram    Twitter   View in BrowserHELLO OTTAWA🌧️ High 26° Low 18° and rainy ☀️ 5:16 am 🌛 8:47 pm  In Today’s Edition→ The Parliamentary Budget Officer says severe cuts to the Federal public service would be needed to pay for promises→ Father's Day Guide→Deals of the Day on summer hats from Tilley and skincare and beauty from BKIND🔧 Build it and they will comeYesterday, we linked to a story by Olivia Grandy in Capital …

Poilievre Retains High Favourability from CPC voters

A new federal poll from the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) measured public approval of Mark Carney’s early days as Prime Minister, along with favourability ratings for the main party leaders in Ottawa. The top takeaways? Carney is clearly enjoying a honeymoon phase—and despite his party’s loss in April’s general election, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre remains highly popular among his base.Let’s start with Pierre Poilievre.To the question: “Do…