They can just print money and keep kicking the can down the road. Trudeau's government isn't going to fall because he gave away more money. It may fall if he raises taxes or cuts spending. Harper tried to raise the retirement age to 67, Trudeau lowered it back to 65 in a nanosecond.
Now municipal governments are in a different boat. They can't print money or run deficits and really their only money stream is property tax, so they keep having to raise that. But that's not easy either. Nenshi raised it 17% on half a percent over 3 years and was labeled a communist.
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