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John Robson: Cutting Government Spending Is So Far Just an Aspiration

John Robson: Cutting Government Spending Is So Far Just an Aspiration
The Confederation Building is seen above the trees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 12, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Gosh. That was fast. Problem solved. A spokesperson for the finance minister says his call for across-the-board cuts based on finding efficiencies is “a long-term transformation of government.” And here some of us thought it meant a long-term slog through inertia and perverse incentives past the bones of umpteen failed efforts to trim fat instead of cutting programs.
John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”