Not to speak for fishbone but I think he is referring to the majority of the feds discretionary spending going to fund projects that push liberal ideology. Yes the majority of the federal budget goes to pay the bills sort of speak, we tend to talk like that is a given. If I say my friend spends most of his money on motorcycles you automatically assume I mean disposable income and not his mortgage or grocery money.
Sure. Allowing for that likely being the case, it’s still a claim he’ll need to show receipts for (and they should be readily available). It should be easy, if true, to point to a sizeable portion (I won’t even insist on a majority, never mind ‘most’) of federal discretionary spending going to such ‘pet projects’. It ought to be easy to give specific initiatives, and attach dollar values from the federal budget.
One error of mine I’ll wear- I quoted CPP as a direct transfer payment to individuals, however it’s self-funded through the CPP investment fund. OAS, GIS, EI, however, aren’t. My curing of direct individual transfers accounting for something like a quarter of the federal budget still stands despite CPP not being part of it.
To claim that Canadians are not being looked after because money is squandered on pet projects is still a claim that requires evidence. In the most recent budget, some of the big discretionary measures cover things like housing affordability and dental care… Tough to claim those are consistent with ‘neglecting citizens’. If he wants to try to attribute Canadians’ anger at the government to specific fiscal measures, it’ll take something more rigorous than just saying so.