Make way for readers | What do you retain from the federal budget?

Here is a preview of the responses to our call for all on the federal budget tabled Thursday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

This deficit which is not one

What school of economists does this hazy theory of no longer considering a budget deficit as a deficit, insofar as the debt/GDP ratio compares favorably with that of other OECD countries and, in doing so, to impose an increasingly heavy burden on future generations? In other words, if I drive 130 km/h on the highway, should I expect to receive not a ticket, but a certificate of good conduct if other drivers were driving at 140 km/h?

Andre Carrier

Nothing for the environment

What I remember: nothing for the environment. On the contrary, additional subsidies to oil companies for so-called carbon capture.

Sylvie Leclerc

A well-run country?

I retain from this budget that the exponential growth of the Canadian government’s debt is not a management model to be followed by every citizen. We are drowning in billions of accumulated debt with the pretense of being a well-managed country. If we knew the identity of our creditors, we would better understand the significance of this debt.

Jean-Yves Pilon

The grocery bill will continue to climb

What disappoints me in the budget of the “lady with the new shoes” is that there is nothing to stop the rise in the bill at Metro or IGA or Maxi. Does she realize that many Canadians are finding it increasingly difficult to feed themselves?

Gaetan Faubert

For fans of red

It’s the best budget since Pierre Elliott Trudeau…for deficit lovers.

Guy Sirois

good ideas

Good ideas for access to property with the CELIAPP, which will allow young people to hope to access property. Coupled with the announcement of multi-billion dollars for housing construction, this is very clever on the part of Minister Freeland. In addition, a two-year moratorium on foreign speculation in the real estate market should help keep the purchase price of a property more reasonable. No madness of unnecessary spending despite the surpluses accumulated since December. Cheer !

Serge Leduc, Pincourt

Who will pay the price?

Abyssal deficit, spending with borrowed money, galloping inflation to be expected. Who will foot the bill? The oldest, whose savings melt like snow in the sun with this inflationary game.

Louis Beland

Without taste

A federal budget from a spendthrift government that misses the target of needs. Who will benefit from a residential TFSA? And when ? In 10 years maybe. Housing construction, however, is a good point, if the needs are correctly aligned with the provincial governments. A dental plan that falls under provincial jurisdiction and that Quebec has already introduced for young people. An increase in military spending. Not much for the environment except the authorization the day before of a polluting oil project of a billion barrels of oil off the coast of Newfoundland. No target for returning to a balanced budget and, above all, absolutely nothing for the unanimous demands of the provinces for an increase in unconditional health transfers. A centralizing, spendthrift, bland Liberal-NDP budget that forgets about solidarity and the priorities of the provinces, health.

Lawrence Tremblay

A few good shots

We agree with the principles. Innovation to reduce GHG emissions seems essential to me (finding alternatives to oil and others…). Let’s become more autonomous militarily (it will be easier to count on help from neighboring countries if we ourselves are able to help them in return, the North of our country must be protected too). Actions (construction) to reduce the cost of housing and encouragement (creation of the new account) to save, without tax to be paid. Cheer.

Francine Chabot

health and inflation

I remember that health will de facto become a jurisdiction shared between the federal government and the provinces. I also remember that we will have to pray hard so that the current inflation is only transitory, otherwise interest rates will soar along with all the beautiful neoliberal promises.

Christian Castonguay, Laval

Showdown ahead healthy?

And health ? It is obvious that the federal government gave all the provinces the middle finger. In fact, to all Canadians. What’s the game plan? A calculated confrontation? Another federal health intrusion? The table is set for the chicane to catch!

Normand Briand, Repentigny

And retirees…

There is nothing for retirees who see their purchasing power constantly diminishing with rising prices and galloping inflation.

Johanne Leclerc, Longueuil