Loading ...John Ivison: Carney’s flimsy economic claims get ripped apart by his new parliamentary budget officer – National Post
Ahead of her appearance at the committee, Ryan’s office issued five papers on Monday that dismembered the government’s spring economic update last week. “The (update) presented more questions than it did answers,” Ryan told senators.
On the big picture, the PBO said the government’s fiscal space improved, thanks to a combination of higher revenues and lower spending, but resulted in an unchanged deficit track because the government spent the windfall on new policy measures .
She was frank in her skepticism about the fund’s “blended mandate”: to support the Canadian economy through infrastructure investments, as well as giving Canadians the chance to participate in those investments. “I don’t quite see what is to be gained by the participatory aspect of a Canadian-style wealth fund,” Ryan told senators at committee.
The only known opposition to Carney’s WEF Globalist program is coming from his newly appointed parliament budget officer. The opposition parties that should be keeping the government in check appear to be absent from battle……….