Prime Minister Mark Carney stood in the House of Commons promising “the biggest investment in this country in generations.”
But Canadians should see through the foolishness. What Carney calls “investment” is little more than record-breaking deficit spending — and it’s ordinary Canadians who will pay the price.
After years of unchecked borrowing, Ottawa’s cupboard is bare. Yet Carney’s government insists on pouring billions more into vague “capital projects” and “trade diversification” schemes that sound ambitious but lack measurable outcomes. Real investment creates value; this government’s spending simply prints money it doesn’t have, driving up inflation and eroding household purchasing power.
Carney’s pledge to “balance spending over three years” rings hollow when the budget’s projected deficit still hovers around $70 billion. The economic pain isn’t theoretical — Canadians already feel it every time they buy groceries, fill their tanks, or renew a mortgage.
These “investments” are not bridges or factories; they’re interest payments on a debt mountain built on political hubris.
This federal government is mortgaging the future to buy applause today. If Carney truly wanted to help Canadians “get ahead,” he’d stop spending money we don’t have and start restoring fiscal sanity.
