Hours before a scheduled leadersā debate on the economy, the Conservative and the NDP campaigns were taking aim at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeauās fiscal plans.
In Ottawa, the NDP said that, thanks to Trudeauās short-term thinking and inexperience, the Liberals are planning to impose ādeepā austerity cuts, in a plan that overestimates personal income tax revenue by approximately $1 billion.
Alongside former Saskatchewan finance minister Andrew Thomson, , and questioned why Trudeau had yet to present a formal fiscal blueprint.
, Conservative candidate Jason Kenney launched his own attack on the Liberalsā economic pledges.
Kenney accused Trudeau of planning to take away benefits from families and ārun deficits permanently,ā not just the three years the Liberal leader has pledged.
āRather than run three, $10-billion deficits as heās vaguely suggested, Justinās spending promises can only be met if he runs deficits more than double that initially, and more than triple that when fully implemented,ā Kenney said.
The senior Conservative also said Trudeauās ārecklessnessā would plunge Canadians āimmediately back into deficitā with growing debts and higher taxes.
When asked about the NDPās economic plan, Kenney also went on the attack, saying Mulcair pretends to be a ānewfound convert to fiscal spending,ā despite major spending demands for āevery conceivableā government program since he became party leader.
āThis is a cloak-and-dagger routine by the NDP,ā Kenney said.
Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau are scheduled to participate in a leadersā debate on the economy in Calgary, Thursday evening.
