Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said her family cancelled their Disney+ subscription to help with the rising cost of living, while suggesting the federal government would take similar steps with their finances..“I, personally, as a mother and wife, look carefully at my credit card bill once a month,” Freeland said to Mercedes Stephenson while on the West Block..“Last Sunday I said to the kids, you’re older now. You don’t want to watch Disney anymore, let’s cut that Disney+ subscription. So we cut it. It’s only $13.99 a month that we’re saving, but every little bit helps.”.Freeland said she believed mothers across Canada are taking similar steps to cut costs. "And I want to say to all of those mothers, I believe that I need to take exactly the same approach with the federal government’s finances, because that’s the money of Canadians.”.Freeland is estimated to have a net worth of $5 million and earns a yearly salary of $279,000..Last week's fall economic update predicted the 2022 federal deficit will be $90.2 billion. Federal revenue for the current fiscal year was estimated at $445.9-billion, while program spending will be $437.8-billion. The federal government announced $7.3 billion in new spending..Tory leader Pierre Poilievre blasted Freeland for her comments.."The Trudeau Team's answer to people skipping meals & cutting portions, hiked mortgage & rent payments, record food bank visits. Canadians are out of money and Liberals are out of touch," he tweeted..Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tweeted her incredulity at Freeland's comments.."Unreal… Instead of pausing the carbon tax, OR stopping the money printing, OR promoting affordable energy, The Liberal-NDP coalition is telling moms they can solve the rising inflation by cutting @DisneyPlus," Smith tweeted..Conservative MP Dan Albas (Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola, BC) said Freeland's comments show the Liberals "increasingly live in a different world from everyday Canadian taxpayers.".Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, pointed out that politicians like Freeland took three pay raises during the COVID-19 pandemic while life became more expensive for ordinary Canadians. "Freeland found savings in her household budget. Why can't she find savings in the federal budget?" he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said her family cancelled their Disney+ subscription to help with the rising cost of living, while suggesting the federal government would take similar steps with their finances..“I, personally, as a mother and wife, look carefully at my credit card bill once a month,” Freeland said to Mercedes Stephenson while on the West Block..“Last Sunday I said to the kids, you’re older now. You don’t want to watch Disney anymore, let’s cut that Disney+ subscription. So we cut it. It’s only $13.99 a month that we’re saving, but every little bit helps.”.Freeland said she believed mothers across Canada are taking similar steps to cut costs. "And I want to say to all of those mothers, I believe that I need to take exactly the same approach with the federal government’s finances, because that’s the money of Canadians.”.Freeland is estimated to have a net worth of $5 million and earns a yearly salary of $279,000..Last week's fall economic update predicted the 2022 federal deficit will be $90.2 billion. Federal revenue for the current fiscal year was estimated at $445.9-billion, while program spending will be $437.8-billion. The federal government announced $7.3 billion in new spending..Tory leader Pierre Poilievre blasted Freeland for her comments.."The Trudeau Team's answer to people skipping meals & cutting portions, hiked mortgage & rent payments, record food bank visits. Canadians are out of money and Liberals are out of touch," he tweeted..Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tweeted her incredulity at Freeland's comments.."Unreal… Instead of pausing the carbon tax, OR stopping the money printing, OR promoting affordable energy, The Liberal-NDP coalition is telling moms they can solve the rising inflation by cutting @DisneyPlus," Smith tweeted..Conservative MP Dan Albas (Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola, BC) said Freeland's comments show the Liberals "increasingly live in a different world from everyday Canadian taxpayers.".Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, pointed out that politicians like Freeland took three pay raises during the COVID-19 pandemic while life became more expensive for ordinary Canadians. "Freeland found savings in her household budget. Why can't she find savings in the federal budget?" he said.
