Health Canada, CBSA under ‘wasteful spending’ reviews; Brison overseeing cabinet colleagues’ work

A Conservative MP says putting ministers in charge of their own reviews is akin to ‘having the fox in charge of the henhouse.’

Treasury Board President Scott Brison, left, is in charge of overseeing spending reviews guided by his cabinet colleagues Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the federal health minister, and Ralph Goodale, the public safety minister. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, The Hill Times file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

September 27, 2017

The federal health and public safety ministers are leading special reviews of their own institutions this year, looking for wasteful spending and obsolete programs, while Treasury Board President Scott Brison oversees their work.

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