No

Interest payments on national debt cause a year after year decline in the value of each tax dollar. Minimizing waste in government in order to pay off debt will make every Canadian more well off year after year.

Cutting government officials’ salaries might sound like a good way to save money, but it wouldn’t actually help much with reducing the national debt. According to the Government of Canada’s public accounts, salaries for Members of Parliament and Senators make up less than 0.1% of total federal spending.