Opinion: Carney inherited a fiscal mess from Trudeau, and he is set to make it worse

Jake Fuss and Grady Munro: Promising to balance the operating budget while continuing to borrow elsewhere is like throwing dirt in one hole while digging a crater in another area of the garden. It’ll be a tough hole to climb out of, and Canadians will suffer the consequences. Rising debt usually leads to slower economic growth, higher debt interest costs that leave less money for other programs and higher taxes for future generations…