A poll done by the Canadian Taxpayer Federation (CTF) on June 4th, shows 45% of Canadians say they'd like to see a cut in federal spending. Only 20% of those who participated said they wish to see an increase in spending, and 19% say they'd prefer the spending to stay at the same levels that they are now. These numbers come with a margin of error ±2.5%. The Federal Director of the CTF, Franco Terranzzo, described the current sentiment: "Canadians know they pay too much tax because the government wastes too much money.".In the respective Western provinces, 51% of respondents in Alberta, 37% in British Columbia, and 47% in Manitoba and Saskatchewan wish to reduce spending. The federal government's predicted spending to increase by 8.4% increase from the previous year's total, reaching $488 billion..The poll comes after Prime Minister Carney's previous promises that he would cut spending, Terrazzano points out.
