Spending Demands vs Rising Debt: Anticipation Builds for Liberals’ First Pandemic Budget

Spending Demands vs Rising Debt: Anticipation Builds for Liberals’ First Pandemic Budget
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is seen on a screen during question period in the House of Commons on Jan. 28, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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With the first budget in two years expected to be tabled in the near future, observers are wondering how the government will anchor fiscal policy and approach balancing pandemic spending requirements while taming the skyrocketing federal debt.

Allan Tupper, political science professor at the University of British Columbia, says the Trudeau government must balance pandemic demands with fiscal realities.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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