Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election promise to cut $13-billion from the federal budget by 2028-29 could result in the worst spending cuts in modern history that would “inevitably diminish the quality of the public service,” a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns.
“This isn’t about attrition, or being more efficient,” David Macdonald, senior economist with the CCPA and the author of the report, said in an interview with The Hill Times. “These are deep cuts to staffing, deep cuts to services that will absolutely be noticed by regular Canadians.”
I bet he’s forgot all about it.
