With Canada's Federal Election coming to a close on Monday, many are asking, was the $610 million price tag worth the cost?
In an opinion piece for the National Post, columnist Kelly McParland slammed Trudeau's spending during both this election season and the one in 2019.
"The CBC reports that Justin Trudeau has set another spending record: at $610 million, this election will be the most expensive ever, a full $100 million more than the vote the Liberal leader called just two years ago," wrote McParland.
"That’s $1.1 billion in total for two campaigns, not a big number for a government that shovels out money as readily as this one," McParland continued. "And why not? Trudeau's six years in power have already given the country the biggest deficits and the deepest debt in 154 years of trying, plunging us into the biggest financial hole in our history. So why not tack on a gold medal in running inconclusive elections?"
Prominent Twitter users also condemned the spending, adding that the 2021 election season resulted in a divided Canada.
We just spent 610 million on a power grab that has left this country angry and divided. Congratulations @JustinTrudeau that’s on you!
— Alex Pierson (@AlexpiersonAMP) September 21, 2021
What an incredibly wasteful and stupid election this has turned out to be. Reproducing the same results as 2019 and giving Trudeau an extra two years in power at a $600 million cost to the treasury. Why aren't more people angry about this? ??
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) September 21, 2021
Some pointed out that the $610 million spent on the election resulted in a government almost identical to the one dissolved on August 15.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent $610 million of our money on an election which returns a virtually identical Parliament to the one he dissolved on Aug. 15. Literally a Groundhog Day election -- another minority government almost identical to the one he killed. #cdnpoli
— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) September 21, 2021
If @JustinTrudeau’s speech claims this one or two seat shift in his caucus to be a victory worth a $600 million campaign, my TV screen will have a laptop sticking out of it.
— Don Martin (@DonMartinCTV) September 21, 2021
So let me get this straight: we spent $610 million on a pandemic election…and got the same result?#Elxn44
— Dr. Amit Arya (@AmitAryaMD) September 21, 2021
Some pointed out better ways that $610 million could be spent, especially as the pandemic continues in the country and around the world and some Indigenous communities continue to have a lack of clean drinking water.
$610 million could have been used for clean water, to expand ICU capacity, anything that would have helped Canadians. What did we get, a damn pencil. #Elxn44 https://t.co/1Yu9b7WbB6
— Melissa Mbarki (@MelissaMbarki) September 21, 2021
Let me be a citizen for a moment: $610 Million for that? Money that could have been used for healthcare, or clean drinking water, or the cost of living…instead, an even more divided country with another election in 18 months? $1.2 Billion on elections? There will be anger.
— John Wright (@JohnWrightLive) September 21, 2021
How many First Nations' water and waste water treatment plants could have been built for $610 million? #Elxn44 #ElectionCanada #VoteCanada #cdnpoli #CanadaVotes
— Ryan McLaughlin (@LearningMcl) September 21, 2021
How many Indigenous communities could we connect with clean drinking water for $610 million? Asking for a friend.
— Elizabeth Kearns (@mrstmak) September 21, 2021
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