EKOS Research released polling data in early February revealing Canadians want the federal government to reduce spending to balance the budget. They don’t want more large deficits and don’t want tax hikes to get the budget balanced. The poll shows the Harper government’s plans to run deficits into the future are off-side with what the public want.

The EKOS poll shows 46 per cent of the 3,000 respondents prefer spending reductions to deal with the deficit. 14 per cent favour tax hikes. Only 10 per cent support the government’s current path of deficits and increased spending. 30 per cent don’t know or didn’t respond.

The CTF is calling on the Conservative government to balance the budget over three years taking spending back to 2008 levels.