Politics drives Poilievre’s support for OAS hike, sets the stage for future budget ‘trade-offs,’ say observers

Conservative voters would likely accept new Old Age Security spending as part of a ‘broader range’ of budgetary changes, says former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly criticized high government spending, but voted in favour of an Oct. 2 Bloc Québécois motion that calls for billions of dollars to expand Old Age Security. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

October 9, 2024

UPDATED October 10, 2024

Conservative support for billions in new spending for Old Age Security likely won’t shrink the party's support among fiscal conservatives, says pollster Darrell Bricker, but it shows “there's going to be no easy place to go” to balance future budgets.

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