Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney has pledged to rein in government spending to make room for income tax cuts, and cap the size of the federal public service.
“The essence of this is to spend less and invest more. That means reining in government spending so that Canada can invest more as a country,” Carney told reporters in Scarborough on Feb. 19.
Carney, who was formerly the governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, said he would deliver a more efficient government that is focused on “maximizing the outcomes achieved, not on the dollars that are spent.”
To do this, Carney pledged to cap the size of the federal public service, review program spending with an emphasis on outcomes, and use technologies like AI and machine learning to create “efficiencies within programs and across government.”…