Capital chaos delays Fall Economic Statement

Today’s disarray in the capital briefly suspended the scheduled delivery of the Fall Economic Statement, plunging it into a state of uncertainty.

However, at the last minute, it was tabled, and the numbers are now here.

Canada is facing a $61.9 billion deficit, $20 billion more than what the Trudeau government had promised earlier this year.

The deficit is just the beginning.

Across the 279 pages in this document, the term “tariff” is mentioned only twenty times. Of those instances, only one refers to the looming 25 percent tariff that incoming President Donald Trump plans to impose on all Canadian goods.

Between this, Freeland’s resignation, and the Liberal cabinet shuffle, the House of Commons was a zoo.