Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre met with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss the upcoming Nov. 4 budget, after the two debated affordability measures and the size of the federal deficit during Question Period.
“We will be calling on Mr. Carney to introduce an affordable budget for an affordable life for Canadians, that includes bringing down the deficit to the level Liberals promised it would be at in their last fiscal update,” Poilievre told reporters on Oct. 22 prior to Question Period.
The Conservatives have requested that the Liberal government keep the deficit in the upcoming budget under $42 billion, which was close to the target made by the government during the last fiscal update, as well as cut taxes on food, homes, and energy….