Mark Carney lays out his plan for ‘the biggest crisis of our lifetimes’ [Video]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney framed his fiscal and spending plan on Saturday in terms of a crisis — “the biggest crisis of our lifetimes,” as he put it.

The United States is attacking Canada’s economy and threatening Canadian sovereignty. The American president is “trying to fundamentally restructure the international trading system” and, in doing so, is “rupturing the global economy.”

“And to succeed in a crisis, you have to act with overwhelming force,” Carney said at an announcement in Ontario. “In a crisis … the private sector retreats, and government needs to step up. Government must lead and catalyze private investment.”

A little while later, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appeared at his own announcement in British Columbia, where he dismissed Carney’s plan as a “spending bonanza” that Canada can’t afford.

“Mark Carney launched his platform today, announcing $130 billion in new inflationary spending,” Poilievre said.

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