No Canadian prime minister would have the nerve to openly admit a plan to raise taxes
. They might pledge to “build back better,” or “make investments,” but explain how to pay for it? Nah. The best you’d get from Ottawa would be a vague acknowledgement that bills do eventually come due, accompanied by comforting assurances that no one would be allowed to feel any pain if and when that dark day came to pass.Article content
There’s a reason Biden went public with his plan, and it reflects one of the big differences in how the two countries are governed. U.S. presidents are forced to seek public buy-in because they lack the power to unilaterally impose their spending and taxing plans on the country.
Given the concentration of power in the Prime Minister’s Office — at the expense of Parliament, his own caucus or anyone else — all a Canadian prime minister requires when preparing a budget is a finance minister of similar mind. Trudeau ran into a bit of a problem on that front when his previous minister, Bill Morneau, allegedly got cold feet at the extent of Trudeau’s willingness to pile new debt on old. Freeland has shown herself to have no such qualms.
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