Drummond applauds ‘realistic’ economic forecast, but urges spending restraint, while others praise mini-budget’s targeted affordability measures

Pollster Greg Lyle says Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fiscal update gives opposition parties ‘all they need’ to attack the government, and affordability will remain a primary concern for voters.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference at the Sir John A. Macdonald building in Ottawa on Nov. 3, before tabling her third fall economic statement in the House of Commons.
Economist Don Drummond says he appreciates the government's “realistic take on the economy” in terms of its long-term forecasting in the fall economic update, but when it comes to the “fiscal fortunes” the government has accrued as a result of inflation, he would like to see less spending an...

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