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Federal government posts $50.9 billion deficit for 2023-24 fiscal year - BNN Bloomberg
(www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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- Hillbillies believing the cons about reducing spending
I find it pretty compelling to believe they'll reduce the deficit.
The issue is they'll do it through austerity and selling crown assets which is will cost Canadian even more in the long run but that's largely the next government's problem.
Typical CPC behaviour since the party merger / Harper era:
Harper didnโt reduce it often but he did throw our military under the bus to attempt it