Speaking at a news conference in Toronto Tuesday, Mr. Poilievre said that he doesn’t believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will follow through on the planned savings
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is dismissing a Liberal effort to find more than $15-billion in cuts to existing federal spending plans, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has a clear record of mismanaging money.
Mr. Poilievre said in French that he doesn’t believe Mr. Trudeau will follow through on the planned savings. At a separate news conference, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also pointed to outsourcing contracts as an area where the federal government could find savings. But Mr. Singh, who is part of a confidence and supply agreement in which the NDP supports the minority Liberal government in exchange for action on key issues, questioned the direction of the spending review, saying he was concerned it could affect health care and social services.
Prior to that, the Liberal government led by prime minister Jean Chrétien oversaw a program review in the mid-1990s that produced deep spending cuts. Those eliminated the deficit, but also generated controversy through sharp reductions in areas such as defence spending.In contrast to those two efforts, the current review by the Trudeau government is much less aggressive. It is focused on curbing the rate of growth in spending as opposed to generating year-over-year spending reductions.
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