Canada’s spending problem isn’t getting smaller, it’s getting hidden.

In this episode of Tap the Maple, we break down how the Carney government is rebranding policies instead of fixing them. From the electric vehicle mandate that wasn’t really scrapped, to the Parliamentary Budget Officer warning about $94 billion in reclassified spending, the numbers tell a very different story than the headlines.

Ottawa says it’s being responsible.

The data says otherwise.

We look at:

• The new EV emissions rules that function like a hidden mandate

• How operating spending is being relabeled as “capital investment”

• Why federal spending is still rising despite promises of restraint

• The growing debt burden facing Canadian taxpayers

• What this means for interest rates, affordability, and economic growth

If the problems aren’t actually being fixed, who pays the price?

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Because in Canada right now, the biggest risks aren’t the problems we see.

It’s the ones Ottawa hopes we won’t.