Letters: Will it be 'austerity' for the feds

‘Austerity’ for ‘tax-and-spend Liberal party’?

Re: Carney says to expect ‘austerity and investment’ in upcoming fall budget — Christopher Nardi, Sept. 3

When Prime Minister Mark Carney talks about “austerity,” I hope he is talking about the federal government. Relative to the economic promise of our great country, Canadians have been living under “austerity” measures at the hands of the tax-and-spend Liberal party for over a decade. It is time for the government to reduce the inordinate level of employment in the civil service and the compensation enjoyed by Ottawa’s elite at the expense of hard-working private citizens.

When Carney speaks about “investment,” I hope he is referring to private-sector investment in Canada’s economy. For too long Ottawa has plowed tax dollars into ill-co