Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says of Justin Trudeau: ‘He won’t achieve the savings because he never does’
Federal cabinet ministers have been given less than two months to find about $15-billion in spending cuts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s March budget booked the $15-billion in savings before identifying where all of those cuts would be made.Anand told fellow cabinet ministers in the letter. The federal budget announced a goal of saving $7.1-billion over five years through a 15-per-cent cut to discretionary spending on consulting, professional services and travel. It also announced a planned phase-in of a 3-per-cent spending cut by departments and agencies by 2026-27, with a goal of saving $7-billion over four years.
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