Cobena, Hallan grill Champagne on budget reframing: “If you don’t have money, you don’t have money”

Dan Knight on X: (Conservative MP Sandra) Cobena pressed Champagne twice on why the government was reframing the presentation of the budget—splitting operating and capital expenditures—instead of cutting reckless spending to balance it…

Dan Knight on X: Hallan hammered the contradiction. “Your deficit-to-GDP ratio was supposed to be 1 percent—it’s doubled right now. You literally, according to the PBO, are going to have 80 percent higher deficits and the economy is shrinking. How do you square that?” When Champagne boasted about Canada’s Triple-A credit rating, Hallan snapped: “That’s like a participation ribbon for Canadians waiting in food bank lines…

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