Fiscal anchors???

[bucket]

Listening this morning ...can someone explain what are the fiscal anchors in Canada...

I am biased but I say exportable commodities would be a anchor....

Agriculture ....farmers...not the leeches grabbing 100s of millions to create nothing....

Oil and gas as an export commodity...

[jazz]

According to our finance minister, your savings account and any income you can muster with Ottawas boot on your neck is the fiscal anchor.

Bigger, robust export economy coordinated with a global recovery? Perish the thought. That would be too much logic for our idiots.

[farmaholic]

Anchors seems like a poor choice of words.
Wouldn't "pillar" be better?

[Taiga]

Yes Freeland is now targeting your savings to tackle the debt/deficit. And who is surprised that is where we are now at. Total destruction of a country since Liberals took power. And now UNDRIP.

But yes, natural resources are/were Canada’s fiscal anchor. Don’t be fooled by tech or financial industries, those mean nothing and can go anywhere.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Anchors seems like a poor choice of words.
Wouldn't "pillar" be better?

You beat me to it.
Quebec, and liberal patronage are fiscal anchors.
Oil, gas, ag, forestry etc are pillars.

[helmsdale]

You beat me to it.
Quebec, and liberal patronage are fiscal anchors.
Oil, gas, ag, forestry etc are pillars.

In this country...

If it moves, tax it.
If it still moves, regulate it.
And once it quits moving, subsidize it!

[Chief]

So according to the minister of too tight dresses if you have savings your rich. Stimulate the economy with said savings and create equal portions of poverty. Now thats a brilliant idea. What if things get worse before better?

[Hamloc]

Isn’t a fiscal anchor a limitation on deficit spending in relation to gross domestic product? This is something Chrystia Freeland does not want to commit to! They want to spend with with no limits.