House Finance Committee chair warns against big budget spending, as consultations wrap

A new government bill is coming, the Finance Committee is pulling together its pre-budget report, and a Senate committee could be struck to pre-study the CUSMA trade bill.

Veteran Liberal MP Wayne Easter is the chair of the House Finance Committee. He says the committee should be careful about recommending new spending, as the government seeks to keep a lid on the pace of growth to its debt. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

February 17, 2020

MPs on the House Finance Committee should be “very careful” not to push for big government spending, says the chair Liberal MP Wayne Easter, as the committee wraps up its pre-budget consultations this week. “I really do beli...

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