🪶 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟖𝟎-𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 — 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝

By Peter Jones … 3min read ..📖

Every time a budget lands, someone cries crisis. But most of the time, it’s just Canada doing what every family does — spending where it matters so tomorrow looks better than today. Our economy is over $3 trillion a year. An $80 billion shortfall is about 3 percent. That’s not a fire — that’s the cost of building homes, hospitals, and clean-energy jobs that keep the country moving.

Mark Carney isn’t stacking debt — he’s laying brick. You can’t rebuild a nation on coupons and shortcuts. Housing, health care, defence, clean tech, and Canadian manufacturing all take work and steady hands. And let’s be honest — the same voices yelling “deficit!” today were quiet when others spent plenty without leaving much behind. At least this time, we’re building something Canadians can touch, live in, and pass on.

This isn’t theory — it’s help in people’s hands.

• Young Canadians & first-time buyers: No GST on new homes under $1 million, plus better tools for renters saving for ownership.

• Workers & families: The first tax bracket drops from 15 % to 14 %, putting $600 – $840 back in middle-income pockets each year.

• Seniors: More support for lower-income seniors, plus thousands of affordable units for aging Canadians.

• Homeowners & builders: Scaling up toward ~500 000 new homes a year — the largest build-out since the 1950s. That’s not spending for spending’s sake. That’s investment — planting seeds we’ll all harvest later.

People clutching their pearls over a 3 percent deficit aren’t afraid of numbers — they’re afraid of change. Progress takes courage and patience. Every skyscraper starts with a hole in the ground. Right now, Canada’s not falling apart — it’s digging deep for its future.

We’ve been through harder times with less to build on. So no — the sky isn’t falling. It’s just under construction...😉🇨🇦