‘Billions of Dollars’ in Cuts to Federal Bureaucracy Are Needed in Upcoming Budget, Poilievre Says

‘Billions of Dollars’ in Cuts to Federal Bureaucracy Are Needed in Upcoming Budget, Poilievre Says
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 17, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he hopes to see “billions of dollars” in cuts in the upcoming Liberal government’s first budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney, which is set to be tabled in November.

“There needs to be billions of dollars of reductions in the federal bureaucracy,” Poilievre said in an interview on CTV’s Question Period with Vassy Kapelos that is set to air on Sept. 21.