Is there a realistic blueprint for cutting government spending?

Governments become inefficient and fat over time, but they don’t have to be. The Chrétien-Martin cuts in 1995 proved that.
The Carney government has no choice but to ensure the federal government is lean and effective once more, writes Andrew Caddell.

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I am far from the boardrooms of Ottawa in wee Kamouraska. However, from time to time, old friends from governments past drop by, and there is the inevitable discussion about the news from Ottawa. We are all aware Prime Minister Mark Carney and Privy Counci...

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