Now that the dust has settled, Canadians and their interest groups are beginning to see the full size and shape of Mark Carney’s first budget, Canada’s first in nearly two years. Spoiler alert: Not everyone is happy.

And nowhere is that unhappiness more profound than amongst Canada’s public sector unions. For them, Budget 2025 is “deeply concerning” (PSAC), “prioritizes big business” (CUPE), equalled those of the early-2010s “Harper Conservatives” (NUPGE), and “not what Canadians wanted” (PIPSC). Humbugs all around, then.

The polling data will soon be in to tell us what “Canadians” wanted. For now, we can limit ourselves to union disappointment. The budget — what with its 40,000 planned cuts to their ranks — is most definitely not what they wanted. And fair enough. What do you expect fro

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