Government 'hiding behind the Bank of Canada' on inflation: Ashton

Opposition critics discuss the government's response to the rising cost of living, saying it needs to reconsider 'wasteful' spending.

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[cayrick]

My question is how can the politicos say that the BOC is independent of gov't yet just recently they gave the BOC heads a bonus for printing more money? That doesn't sound like independence to this simple mind.

[stevelaming]

$6000 for a F@#$&*g hotel at a funeral. What the F@#$

[mongoblazingsaddles]

Why do we pay taxes if we can just print hundreds of billions of dollars per year?

[Dracoool]

Time to remove "glorious and free" from the anthem.

[fvkijay]

Anyone who got a fixed rate last year really lucked out.

[hammerpounder]

I am very glad that the NDP aren't the actual governing party, the support of the Liberals is bad enough, but listening to her talk is just grating on my nerves.

[autonestegg]

The current Finance ministers proposed only 25 cents of savings for every new dollar spending

[nschwert]

There is no panic. Give the NDP lots of screen time. Go go go ... split that vote!

[hardracerone]

Keep the corporate welfare going, the industry subsidies and keep funneling money from the bottom up. Then when they go broke, we bail them out, gotta love it!

[DeflectTheOriginal]

What's the point of talking about this if it's not going to change or do anything about it?

[markplatt]

Rewarding the Banks and Corporations who are gouging the consumers and causing inflation is like giving the bank robber the keys to the safe.

[autonestegg]

To say they're expenditures are 56 billion dollars is incorrect you should be saying that that is the projected deficit. Government will be spending at the federal level in the hundreds of billions

[thefly]

I don't understand the logic here. They want to reduce taxes, keep money in people's pocket, to fight inflation? That makes no sense. Taxes, and removing money from peoples pockets, is actually what fights inflation. That is one of the only reasons we even have income taxes. No? Perhaps the one exception is the Carbon Tax, which obviously increases the costs of everything, is an inflation contributor.

[junkfoodguy]

yet remember ultra low interst under the tories!

[jimvautour]

the NDP use to be a respectable party, it's now words in the wind, and it's a hurricane out there.

[amirajuliana]

Great stream, as always. I appreciate the level-headed approach you take to the news and the markets. . A lot has changed and that's on everything but the truth is I don't even care much about bullish or bearish market anymore because ROBERT RUSSEL DANIEL got me cover as I am comfortably making $150, 000 monthly..