Indeed the government has been aggressively cutting government spending on programs and services since 2010. (3dpolicy.ca)
But monetarist politicians single - mindedly blamed the inflation on not following their austerity policies even more stringently and not cutting government spending by even more! (michael-hudson.com)
By far the most emphatic verdict is the towards the anti-Keynesian Plan B: reducing the deficit faster by cutting government spending faster. (yougov.co.uk)