Hours before a scheduled leaders鈥� debate on the economy, the Conservative and the NDP campaigns were taking aim at Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau鈥檚 fiscal plans.
In Ottawa, the NDP said that, thanks to Trudeau鈥檚 short-term thinking and inexperience, the Liberals are planning to impose 鈥渄eep鈥� 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 Liberals鈥� economic pledges.
Kenney accused Trudeau of planning to take away benefits from families and 鈥渞un deficits permanently,鈥� not just the three years the Liberal leader has pledged.
鈥淩ather than run three, $10-billion deficits as he鈥檚 vaguely suggested, Justin鈥檚 spending promises can only be met if he runs deficits more than double that initially, and more than triple that when fully implemented,鈥� Kenney said.
The senior Conservative also said Trudeau鈥檚 鈥渞ecklessness鈥� would plunge Canadians 鈥渋mmediately back into deficit鈥� with growing debts and higher taxes.
When asked about the NDP鈥檚 economic plan, Kenney also went on the attack, saying Mulcair pretends to be a 鈥渘ewfound convert to fiscal spending,鈥� despite major spending demands for 鈥渆very conceivable鈥� government program since he became party leader.
鈥淭his is a cloak-and-dagger routine by the NDP,鈥� Kenney said.
Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau are scheduled to participate in a leaders鈥� debate on the economy in Calgary, Thursday evening.
