Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 15, 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to cut government spending and cap the deficit at $31 billion, a level announced in former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s last fiscal update, ahead of the government’s release of its spring economic update.
Poilievre sent a letter to Carney on April 26 laying out the Conservatives’ demands for the government’s upcoming fiscal update on April 28. The Tory leader said that despite the Carney government’s promise to spend less, the federal deficit has doubled in less than a year.
