Coronavirus cases are soaring but Trudeau’s approval ratings hold steady, Ipsos poll says This week’s fiscal update revealed a massive deficit of $381 billion, but the government said that’s just the cost of taking care of Canadians in a pandemic.“We had to do what we had to do,” Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly told me.“We had to be there for people.
We had to be there for businesses. We are not the only ones in this boat. Lots of countries in the world are in the same situation.”The Conservatives, of course, don’t see it that way, insisting the massive program of deficit spending is a dangerous course for Canadians.“We have the biggest deficit in the G20 by far, so for her to suggest that we’re just doing what everyone else is.