AlphaCharlie said:
In all honestly, I like Mr. Harper's plans for military spending and all that he's promised, but
i'm still left wondering where he's going to get this extra money?
I think it's unsaid, but I believe he will gut a lot of the top-down bureaucracy in Ottawa.
As an example I think it was Duceppe who pointed out there were 10,000 people working for Health Canada
in Ottawa that didn't actually provide any services to patients.
Additionally, I would lay bets:
1) The CBC will likely get a good-sized haircut.
2) Via, Canada Post and the other Crown Corporations get a subsidy trim as he extends the Auditor General's
pervue to include all of their activities. (Of note, they are the only party even looking at this....)
3) Say goodbye the Heritage Canada Department and see the remainder melded to Tourism Canada.
4) Bye, bye Gun Registry
5) Reduced Corporate Subsidization across the board including the sweetheart deals in Quebec and some
of the nonsense with ACOA.
In short, he'll trim some fat, and then try to reduce duplication of services between the Federal Government
and Provincial Government except where absolutely necessary. (Example: A National Centre for Disease
Control makes sense)
Matthew.