US EditionPoilievre demands Carney cut taxes, keep federal deficit under $42B in next budget
Poilievre demands tax cuts including income and capital gains taxes and wants the deficit capped at $42 billion despite projections nearing $70 billion, increasing pressure on the government.
- With the budget days away, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre demands Prime Minister Mark Carney cut taxes and keep the federal deficit under $42 billion in the Nov. 4 budget.
- Rising deficit forecasts show Carney signalled a higher shortfall than Trudeau's last estimates, with Jason Jacques predicting nearly $70 billion last month.
- Listing specific measures, Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Leader, urged cuts to income, capital gains, industrial carbon and homebuilding taxes and told Liberals to `feel free to steal our ideas — in action, not just talk`.
- The Bloc Québécois recently laid out demands including six essential items and a payment of $814 million to Quebecers for the carbon rebate.
- In a letter dated Monday, Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Leader, wrote Prime Minister Mark Carney has `kept almost all of Justin Trudeau's economic policies` while Don Davies, interim NDP leader, said New Democrats oppose austerity budgets this month.
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Tories Make Budget Requests: Cut Taxes, Keep Deficit Under $42B
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has sent a letter to the prime minister ahead of the upcoming federal budget release, requesting the government reduce taxes on food, homes, and energy, while keeping the deficit under $42 billion. Poilievre called on Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oct. 20 letter to use the upcoming budget, set to be tabled on Nov. 4, to “restore Canada’s promise that hard work is rewarded, food and homes are affordable, s…
The Conservative leader is calling for the federal government to keep the federal deficit below $42 billion, a request that Mark Carney has already rejected.
OTTAWA—Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre demands that Prime Minister Mark Carney reduce taxes and keep the federal deficit below $42 billion in the next budget. It is clear that this demand will not materialize: Mr. Carney has already indicated that the deficit would be higher than the Trudeau government's latest estimates, which were unveiled almost a year ago. Parliamentary Acting Budget Officer Jason Jacques predicted last month that the d…
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