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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
PP hasn’t announced any real details of his actual policy platform or how he plans to implement it. So far it’s mostly just catch phrases (axe the tax, fix the budget, build the homes and stop the crime ring any bells?). Which to a degree is fair at this point since they’re not the incumbents and an election hasn’t even been called yet. Getting rid of the carbon tax is the only real black and white promise that he has made. If people think any positive economic benefits from that alone are going to have a significant impact our economic woes they need to give their heads a shake.
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Here's some policy. Danielle Smith will be happy with this one, as will all Alberta victims who bemoaned how screwed we are all the time.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wouldn't make any "big changes" to the federal equalization program if the Conservatives form government after the next election.
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"I don't anticipate big changes," the Conservative leader told host Karine Godin in a French interview.
"We don't want to cut transfers to people and provinces. We want to cut the bureaucracy in Ottawa. That's where the waste is found," he said.
He said the federal Liberals drove up the deficit in part by hiring 110,000 public servants. According to the Government of Canada website, the size of the public service has grown from 257,034 in 2015 to 367,772 in 2024.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poi...gram-1.7438949
Note 2015 is the lowest point of gov workers per capita after Harper cut a load of them. This link has a graph showing per caipta
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tru...vice-1.7172339
And keep in mind we have more programs than we did in the past.
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According to the government's own figures, spending on Indigenous communities has increased from $11 billion in 2016 to $30 billion in 2024. The Canada Child Benefit amalgamated several existing programs but added funding, and was later indexed to inflation. New funding for child care was rolled out in 2021. And the federal government is now spending billions more on housing and clean technology.
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Another good resource on the public serivce:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-bo...vice-2023.html