Former Treasury Board president Scott Brison’s estimates reforms were ‘top-down,’ and MPs need ‘bottom-up’ approach for better spending scrutiny: ex-PBO Kevin Page
MPs are supposed to scrutinize more than $400-billion in government spending this year, but often they don't have a clue what they're doing. Experts say the spending estimates cycle needs to change so MPs can get a better handle on public funds.
With a broad spectrum of public officials past and present pointing to flaws in the budget and estimates system used to approve government spending in Canada, one longstanding critic says the lesson to be learned from past attempts at reform is the need for a “bottom-up”...
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