The document summarizes key fiscal plans and positions of several Canadian political parties. It finds that the Liberals plan to run large deficits of over $20 billion per year without a clear plan to balance the budget. The Conservatives promise to balance the budget within 5 years but many of their programs have issues. The NDP and Greens promise increased spending but do not provide a deficit reduction plan. All parties will have to contend with a slowing economy and pressures on the middle class from factors like ineffective government policies.

1. Fiscal Management –
Canada Paul Young CPA CGA
March 5, 2020

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4 and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. Agenda
• CPC Deficit/Promise
• NDP Deficit / Promise
• LPC Deficit / Promise
• Current Fiscal Position
• Pharmacare / Major Plank
• Taxation and Fairness
• Debt to GDP
• PBO Platform Costing
• Fiscal monitor
• GDP Growth / Deficits
• Summary

4. Introduction
• This presentation looks at key planks by the Liberals as
well as fiscal management cycle for each party.

5. Current Fiscal Position

6. CPC Plan
Source -
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
politics/scheer-
conservative-platform-
unveiled-1.5318850

7. NDP
Source - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-platform-costing-fact-check-
1.5318913
• Taxing the rich never works -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyo
ungcga/does-taxing-the-top-1-
generate-the-tax-dollars
• NDP has zero interest in
developing natural resources
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyo
ungcga/have-the-liberal-party-of-
canada-supported-the-natural-
resources-sector
• NDP policies failed in AB as such
would be a disaster at the federal
level

8. LPC / Deficit Promise
Source - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-pbo-costing-platform-1.5289127 or https://globalnews.ca/news/5967850/analysis-liberals-real-change-different-2019/
• Liberal plan has not been totally costed
• Liberals said they would run modest deficits in
2015. Liberals Deficits were between 1B to 18B
per year.
• Liberals 2015-2019 was failed example of
Keynesian economics -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/ca
nada-fail-experiment-with-trudeaunomics

9. Pharmacare
Source - https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/about/global-economics/fiscal-pulse.html or https://medicinehatnews.com/commentary/opinions/2019/09/27/national-affairs-the-
liberals-pharmacare-plan-is-really-unimpressive-and-vague/
• No government implemented Pharmacare in the past due to its costs. @justintrudeau is being very coy, because he knows the true cost!
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/2019-election-national-pharmacare-drugs-canada-and-the-provinces-august-2019
• Ontario tried to make changes and it was a disaster – “In 2017, CIHI reported $38.2 billion was spent on all “drugs.” Yet, according to PMPRB, total gross
sales of patented drugs at factory list prices were $16.8 billion in 2017, which accounts for only 44 per cent of the “drugs” total reported by CIHI that year.
Net sales are even lower after rebates. Ontario’s auditor general reported the rebate was 30 per cent for the provincial public drug plans in 2017.” Or “Public
drug plan spending on the direct costs of patented drugs at factory list prices was $7.0 billion in 2017, representing only 4.2 per cent of the $165.7 billion in
total health spending by federal, provincial and territorial governments that year. Gross sales of patented drugs were the same percentage of government
health costs in 2017 (4.2 per cent) as in 2000 (4.2 per cent), an 18-year period of zero average annual growth relative to total government health
expenditure. https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/drug-prices-arent-a-big-problem-but-ottawas-trying-to-control-the-market-anyway
• Ontario Drug changes “Three different cases, but in each one Lysyk comes to the same conclusion: implementing policy is hard;
getting the details right matters; and even when it comes to priority cases (like reducing prescription drug costs), there are
tradeoffs that need to be made. When things aren’t priorities (like the OMB or the affordable housing file), they tend to
stagnate. And these are the files the Liberals most want to be judged on in the upcoming election.” -
https://www.tvo.org/article/the-latest-auditor-general-report-shows-its-hard-for-governments-to-make-a-plan-and-stick-to-it

10. Tax Fairness and Collection
• Liberals made changes to top 1% to only to see rich finds ways around paying more taxes -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/taxing-the-top-1-and-wealth-distribution
• Liberals have done little to either reform the ITA or shut down tax havens -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/2019-election-who-do-your-trust-more-when-it-comes-
to-tax-fairness
• Liberals policies have also made Canada less competitive (C69, carbon tax, CPP Hike, etc. -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/2019-election-canada-competitivenes-september-2019
2019 Election Promise

11. Debt to GDP
• Canada keeps bragging about top debt to GDP in the G7. The problem is Canada’s debt size is
getting to be a concerned to bond traders - https://www.wealthprofessional.ca/market-talk/is-
canada-about-to-lose-its-aaa-credit-rating-255766.aspx “The agency says that Canada is nearing
levels that would make it incompatible with a AAA rating. However, it notes that the deficits are
relatively low at less than 1% of GDP and it expects the government’s debt ratio to fall toward
85% over the medium term. ”

12. Platform / Costing
Source - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-pbo-costing-platform-1.5289127 or
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/liberal-platform-projects-deficits-
of-over-20-billion-per-year-for-four-years-adds-31-5-billion-in-debt

13. Fiscal Update

14. Fiscal Monitor / December 2019
Source – Government of Canada

15. GDP Growth and Deficits

16. Summary
• Liberals have no plan to balance the budget, but plan to add approximately $80B deficit.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-platform-shows-deficit-climbing-to-27-billion/
• CPC have plan to balance the budget with five years - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-to-run-
deficits-1.5147624 (The problem is there are many issues with various programs -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/analysis-of-canada-fiscal-management-results
• Maxine Bernier promises to balance budget in two years despite knowing what the current states of finances -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/who-are-ppc-and-maxine-bernier
• Both the Greens and NDP have aspirational plans on spending with no clear plan to balance the budget –
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/is-the-green-party-of-canada-a-valid-choice-to-govern or
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/should-you-vote-for-the-ndp-new-democratic-party
• GDP is heading for difficulties due to many factors like protectionism policies, failed government policies, etc. -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/world-and-slow-economic-growth
• More focus must be on delivering of social programs as well as tax reforms -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/2019-election-social-programs-and-taxation-canada-june-2019
• All governments must be focus on better balance between the environment and the economy -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/global-emissions-and-what-can-be-done-to-reduced-co2-emissions
• Middle class has been facing pressure due to many factors including bad govt policies -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/canada-middle-class-continues-to-struggle
• Too many governments do not do enough to adjust to either a foreign government or economic conditions facing
their countries - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/what-is-going-on-with-canadas-competitiveness