William Watson What would I like to see in the budget? Doing less with less
News Source : Financial Post
News Summary
- The budget will be written in alphas, betas, sigmas and thetas and only 1,000 people in the country will be able to read it.
- More information isn’t always better, especially if it’s self-praise and backside-covering.
- If every policy change came with even a guesstimate of costs, benefits, incentive effects and possible screw-ups, that would be a big improvement.
- For a year now the prime minister has been talking about the need to make hard choices.
- It's now time for his government to do that.
The two things Mark Carney has said since being elected that Ive liked most On election night he talked about the need to govern with humility, which he claimed is a key Canadian value. And then the [+5673 chars]
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