Subhead:Carney government accused of ‘budget spin’ after PBO exposes accounting trick.#
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is facing fresh criticism for what the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) calls a deliberate attempt to “distort the financial picture” by changing the definition of capital spending in the federal budget.
PBO sounding the alarm.
Government expanding the scope beyond current treatment of capital spending. It’s “overly expansive and exceeds international practice.”
Counting more spending as capital will allow the government to paint a rosier picture of its operating budget. pic.twitter.com/GfAxGCkhsY
— Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) October 7, 2025
