Trudeau government keeps violating self-imposed fiscal rules

There are few signs the Liberals will transform into responsible stewards of public finances and take meaningful steps to control debt and debt interest costs.

By continually violating their own fiscal anchor, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Trudeau government have rendered the debt-to-GDP rule meaningless and abandoned the discipline it’s meant to impose, write Jake Fuss and Grady Munro.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO

November 27, 2023

After the Nov. 21 tabling of the Trudeau government’s fall fiscal update, which includes evermore spending and borrowing, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

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