Yesterday’s federal budget included almost 90 Billion dollars in new spending over the next five years…most aimed at bolstering our economy and securing our sovereignty.
Billions will be spent on defence and a one-percentage-point income tax cut will be delivered in July.
Highlights of the federal budget include protecting child care, dental care and pharmacare, but no indication of increased funding for the latter.
The feds are ending the program to plant two billion trees, will put a freeze on annual base funding for Indigenous health and social services.
The budget does allocate $185 billion over four years to improve disability benefits services for veterans.
Close to 30,000 public services jobs will disappear and the budget forecasts a $78 billion deficit … more than double estimates for last year.
The minority Liberal government will need to secure support from outside its caucus in order to pass the budget, which automatically becomes a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
