Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with leaders of opposition parties ahead of a budget speech Wednesday as his government prepares to table its first spending plan early next month.

Carney has already met with leaders of the NDP, Bloc Québécois and the Green party, according to the Prime Minister's Office, and the p rime minister will also meet privately with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about the budget Wednesday afternoon.

Speaking after a caucus meeting, Poilievre said he is meeting with the prime minister in "a spirit of collaboration."

"I'm going to sit down with him today, and if he takes my suggestions of bringing down the deficit to the level the Liberal government promised, of getting rid of the hidden taxes, well, then let's have a look at it [the budget]," he s

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