I don't know about other nations that's one way to see it with Canada to a degree lol

I mean the budget was still huge but had almost nothing for the Green zealots. He's been stealing ideas from Conservatives since the campaign (including cutting carbon tax).

Shit would never fly normally but because they tapped into the collective TDS a they could frame it as a sacrifice to win the war/beat Trump. Whether that's even possible or not, the average ElbowsUp vooter actually believes it.

POV: the average Carney voter putting their green, anti-austerity principles aside after being a hardass about them for a decade

Remember they said carbon tax wasn't a real tax and actually created wealth. Carney cut it because it's "too divisive". In other words it's time to come together to fight big bad orange evil.