Budgets are always a work of imagination. It is an art form to be “economical with the truth” while appearing to be honest and straightforward.
No, this “progressive party” has regressed to the timeworn tactic of saying one thing and saying it so often that people believe it. They know that if you control the language, you control the debate. If you control the debate, you win the argument. Thankfully, it doesn’t always work but that doesn’t stop the Liberals from trying.what could legitimately be described as a fiscally irresponsible, imprudent budget in that it announced $67.3 billion in new spending and $11.6 billion in new taxes.
To maintain her budget charade, she presented it as “a responsible fiscal plan,” “prudent fiscal planning,” a budget that was “fiscally sustainable,” praised Canada’s “enviable fiscal position,” and lauded the Liberals’ “fiscal stewardship.” And on and on.Article content Spending has ballooned, the deficit has skyrocketed, and a surplus in 2027-28 promised just five months ago is now projected to be a $14 billion deficit. In what universe is this sound fiscal stewardship or a responsible budget? In the Liberal universe, apparently.in the Canadian Parliament along with “false,” “deliberately misleading,” “dishonest” and “deceive,” so don’t expect to hear them in the House of Commons despite some members who might want to use them to describe this budget.
Yet, this sleight-of-tongue linguistic policy — do something, but call it something else entirely, or do something, but deny you did it — is now the Liberals go-to playbook. To the Liberals, it doesn’t matter what the evidence is, what matters is what they say it is.Article contenthunting rifles. But that’s not how Liberals characterized the move. “It is not our intention to impact hunters,” Liberal House Leader Mark Holland said, just one of many Liberals touting that message.
Only after months of denial and obfuscation did the Liberals come clean and admit, yes, the amendments did target hunting rifles.On China, it’s been a similar story in reverse. We’ve got this China election interference stuff under control, has been the Liberal
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