Ottawa, ON – After promising to cut spending on consultants, Mark Carney spent $19.2 billion on external consultants last year, almost unchanged from the $19.5 billion spent the year before.
Still, the Liberals are planning to spend even more. Their Main Estimates for 2026-2027 allocated $26.6 billion for professional and special services, including consultants. Since then, their Supplementary Estimates requested another $5.09 billion, bringing the total planned funding to $31.7 billion.
This comes as Mark Carney broke his promise to “spend less.” Instead, Liberal overall spending increased from $547.3 billion in 2024-2025 to $565.7 billion in 2025-2026.
Meanwhile, the Liberal 2026 budget will add a record-smashing $765 billion of debt over the next five years, costing $44,000 for every household in Canada. A family of four will pay nearly $6,000 in federal government debt interest costs this year alone.
While Canadians are being asked to do more with less, Liberal insiders and consultants are cashing in.
At the same time, Mark Carney is cutting services that Canadians depend on. The Liberal government is shutting down seven Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research and development centres and experimental farm sites.
Mark Carney warned, “a country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself or defend itself has few options.” Yet as record numbers of Canadians rely on food banks and families are squeezed by rising costs, the Liberals are cutting domestic agricultural research that keeps food affordable and secure.
Canadians are paying the price while the Liberals reward consultants with billions.
Mark Carney is out of touch, and Canadians are out of money.
Conservatives will cut wasteful spending on consultants and lower debt, taxes and inflation to restore the promise of an affordable life for all Canadians.