Commentary
It is tempting to dismiss the federal government’s pledge of an austere budget after over half a century of similar rhetoric and because they’ve also promised massive spending increases. But as always, it’s important to see this idea from the inside. Then you can dismiss it … until you get the bill.
The National Post invoked Orwell over the prime minister’s promise of “an austerity and investment budget at the same time” because “We need to rein in spending, we need to find efficiencies … that create the room for these big investments.” Plus finance minister François-Philippe Champagne’s “We’re going to spend less so we can invest more.”…