Two ways the federal government can save money

Stop the ever-expanding shadow civil service called the minister’s office staff, and please stop fighting in court against the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Treasury Board Anita Anand, Mental Health Minister Ya'ara Saks, and Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld, pictured Nov. 22, 2024, at the Sherwood Deli in Ottawa to announce the government’s sales tax holiday on essential items. The civil service is getting bent all out of shape trying to find savings, writes Rose LeMay.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

December 2, 2024

OTTAWA—There may be a bit of an issue of ever-expanding budgets in federal departments.

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