I am looking straight at Canadians and being honest the way I always have ... we said we are committed to balanced budgets and we are ... and we will balance that budget in 2019 ~~ Justin Trudeau in 2015

Justin Trudeau’s spending is out of control, and Canadians are paying the price – literally, says Canada Proud.

A recent study by the Fraser Institute found that in 2018 Canadians paid an average of 44% of their annual income in taxes.  That’s more than housing, food, and other necessitates costs combined.

So where is all of this money actually going?

Well, in the Summer of 2018 dropped 43 billion dollars is a spending spree, with a majority of funds going to Liberal riding's.  One of the most ridiculous places the money went was $50 thousand dollars to a Quebec meat processing company so that they could develop a new line of sausages with a “distinctive’ flavour.

But the most part of the summertime spending spree was that Veterans Affairs didn’t receive a single penny.

“I am looking straight at Canadians and being honest the way I always have ... we said we are committed to balanced budgets and we are ... and we will balance that budget in 2019.”

Trudeau doesn’t just waste our money at home – he loves to waste it abroad.

Remember Trudeau’s India trip?  Well that embarrassment cost us at least 1.6 million tax dollars, even though there was only half a day of scheduled meetings with the Indian Prime Minister.

Seriously! 

We paid 1.6 million dollars to send Trudeau and his family on a vacation.  Trudeau even brought a Vancouver based celebrity chef with him at the cost of $17 thousand dollars.

He even wastes our tax dollars on running social media accounts, like his Health Ministers Twitter account, which costs over $100 thousand dollars a year ... and that’s just one Minister.

The Trudeau government has also made history for the highest levels of per capita spending in Canada, outside of a world war ... or a recession.  In fact, when adjusted for inflation, Trudeau is spending 22% more than Canada’s peak spending during World War 2.

But the worst part is that even though we spend almost half our yearly income in taxes, Trudeau is still running deficits.... and he’s currently on pace to run a $15 billion-dollar deficit in 2019.

So, this election, when you hear Trudeau make and open-ended promises and blatant lies, remember that he made this promise in 2015 ...

“I am looking straight at Canadians and being honest the way I always have ... we said we are committed to balanced budgets and we are ... and we will balance that budget in 2019.”

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