MP Gary Vidal unsure of Liberal COVID relief proposal
MP Gary Vidal believes the federal government’s approach to handling COVID-19 will do more harm than good to the future of Canada’s economy.
On Monday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced “the largest economic relief package for [the] country since the second world war,” totaling $100 billion. While the proposal would hypothetically provide relief to hard-hit business sectors, invest in long-term care homes and assist in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, the spending would push the national debt close to almost $400 billion.
The representative for the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River stated his disapproval with the government’s finance saying he believes this is a method to push their ‘ideological agenda of introducing and promoting more government programs.’
“We’re creating a structural debt that can’t go on forever,” Vidal said.