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Carney's talk of 'sacrifices' suggests Canadians could soon face those tough choices (www.cbc.ca)
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'We will have to do less of some of the things that we want to do,' Carney says

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"The upcoming budget will balance the operating deficit in three years by reducing wasteful government spending and doing more with less," Carney said. "But the fact is, even with such efficiencies and with better management, we will have to do less of some of the things that we want to do, so we can do more of what we must do to build a bigger and better Canada."

It remains unclear exactly what those sacrifices will be or how they will be distributed.

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[–] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe it's just me but I don't get what 'those tough choices" will be Canadians could soon face. The report discusses mostly the use of the word "sacrifice" by Carney and others, while only one expert makes a very rough guess what that could be in just one sentence at the end of the article.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I suspect that they'll lower the wages and expense allowances for MPs. Haha jk.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This is a story in a theme of stories that's been developing since we elected this government. Not every story has all the detail that's been shared in the theme so far. Carney's asked almost all departments of government to find 15% of cuts. Given how underfunded and understaffed lots of then are, the impmications of that have been discussed before and the consensus is that it would lead to significant harm to many Canadians, especially more vulnerable people. For example, already the staffing shortages in the CRA are causing people hours in wait to sort their tax returns when something goes wrong. VIA rail service is bad and it's gonna get worse and more expensive. Etc.

[–] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Western Canada: "You have VIA rail service?"

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Western-er Canada: "your tracks are in trainworthy condition?"

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Looking at the 50s passenger rail map radicalizes me.

[–] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I know about this. I would have just expected to read about specific sacrifices after reading the headline. So now you can make your own guess as it's more a clickbait headline imo.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I would have just expected to read about specific sacrifices after reading the headline

This is mostly another pre-budget statement to try and reduce the level of shocked surprise when we see the actual budget.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I should have known it's not a good faith question. My bad.