He called it a “frontal assault” on deficit spending.
He was in panic mode.
What got Martin’s calculator red lining was the net per capital debt hitting a record $19,733.
Today, it is expected to surpass $23,000.
The Trudeau Liberals, however, have fired no civil servants, have not touched corporate taxes, have pulled the plug on no federal agency, and have privatized no Crown corporations.
It’s steady as she sinks.
Blacklock’s Reporter, in fact, quotes Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, the Liberals’ answer today to Martin, as saying “our budget sets out a prudent and sustainable fiscal path.”
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As hardworking taxpayers tightened their belts last year to cope with pay cuts and job losses, Toronto’s municipal employees were busy cashing in bigger paycheques with your tax dollars.
The City of Toronto currently employs 34,603 workers. Last year, only 104 of them didn’t get a raise. That means over 99.6% of Toronto municipal employees got a pay hike.
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Toronto has been experiencing a tale of two pandemics. Government employees have largely got through the downturn scot free, while workers outside of government have borne the burden.
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Kevin Sampson, owner of the Compass Rose Heritage Inn, fears a summer of blasting and dredging will hurt his harbourside business. He expects dredged material will be dumped into a containment cell just beyond the metal guardrails.(Submitted Kevin Sampson)
Erin O’Toole’s proposed carbon taxes would cost you more to heat your home, put food on the table and drive to work.
The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada broke his promise and announced that if elected prime minister, he’s going to impose his own carbon tax at $50 per tonne on gasoline, diesel and natural gas. He’s also planning a second carbon tax.
This comes as a surprise and betrayal to a lot of people.
When running for party leader, O’Toole signed the Canadian Taxpayers Federation pledge promising to scrap the carbon tax.
It read: “I will: immediately repeal the Trudeau carbon tax; and, reject any future national carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme.”