The soaring cost of living is a growing vulnerability for Justin Trudeau\u0027s government as more Canadians blame it for rising bills. Read on.
Trudeau has begun to send a message of belt-tightening. Treasury Board President Anita Anand, the former defence minister, recently sent a letter to cabinet colleagues giving them an October deadline to find areas to cut $14.1 billion in spending by 2028 and $4.1 billion in the years that follow.
“We understood then, and we understand now, that inflation has been really challenging for Canadians. And we understood that the federal government had a responsibility not to pour fuel on the flames of inflation,” Freeland said. “I expect that Freeland is going to have a very tough message to ministers,” she said. “It’ll be interesting to see if this comes out of the room, but I would anticipate that she is going to deliver a message around restraint and prudence.” At the same time, the government must signal that it has a plan to address cost-of-living, she said.
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