Kootenay-Columbia MP Rob Morrison says there is nothing positive to say about the 2024 federal budget.
“There is nothing good about an unbalanced budget,” he said.
“How can the NDP-Liberals consistently spend more money, driving up interest rates?”
He said this year’s budget is full of the same promises the Liberals have been saying for years.
“Look at the last nine years now,” Morrison said.
“Every year it’s the same thing about how we’re going to make life more affordable, but if you just get out of the house and go shopping, you’ll realize that life is not more affordable.”
The budget talks about taxing the rich to increase taxation fairness for all people in Canada. Morrison said the rich may be paying more now, but everyone else is still hurting.
“Nine years later and who’s paying? It’s lower-income seniors, and people with disabilities, that’s whose paying. The people who go to the grocery store know who’s paying and it’s them.”
The theme of this year’s budget was fairness for every generation, but Morrison believes it’s just empty words.
“I think we need generational fairness for sure, but I think that starts with seniors. That’s a generation we’ve forgotten about,” he added.
“It’s easy to say we have a theme that we’re going to make life affordable for everyone, but that was the last eight years. They can theme all they want, but it’s action with results. Give me a result that we’ve been successful in actually making something more affordable for the average Canadian and I don’t think you are going to see any.”
The complete 2024 federal budget can be found below.
MORE: Budget 2024 Fairness for Every Generation (Government of Canada)
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