Report forecasts ‘worst cuts to public service in modern history’ to meet Carney’s campaign pledge

The pressure is on for Carney present a fall budget that delivers on campaign promises while meeting the commitment of balancing the operating budget, says former PBO Kevin Page.

Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on promises to reduce the government's operating budget, but amid increases in defence spending, cuts could hit the public service deeply, according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

June 30, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election promise to cut $13-billion from the federal budget by 2028-29 could result in the worst spending cuts in modern history that would “inevitably diminish the quality of the public service,”

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