To much fanfare, it announced $16.4 billion in new spending measures, principally the $14 billion on accelerated investment incentives to address competitiveness. Gerard Deltell, the Conservative Treasury Board critic, called the non-announced measures “a slush fund.”“We’re talking about billions of dollars. According to the government’s figures it does just that — going from 30.9 per cent this year to 28.5 per cent by 2023-24. But this is a government that has increased spending by 22 per cent during its three years in office. The fiscal update says program expenses as a percentage of GDP will fall from 6.7 per cent to 6 per cent.

Source: National Post November 27, 2018 23:03 UTC