Pierre Poilievre promises to slash government consultant spending to pre-Liberal levels

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging to cut the federal government’s bloated budget for outside consultants by $10 billion annually, if his party wins government, returning consultant fees to levels last seen under the Harper Conservative government. Poilievre made the promise on Sunday in a grocery store in Surrey, B.C., where he stood behind a sign on his podium that read “Axe The Inflation Tax” — a twist on his anti-carbon-tax “axe the