Senate exempt from Carney’s spending review, but opts to launch own program audit
‘It seems there’s a new government in place that wants to be fiscally more responsible,’ says Conservative Senate Leader Leo Housakos, and the Red Chamber ‘can help them achieve those goals.’
Senators are planning to launch a program review to pick off “low-hanging” fruit and find efficiencies amid the Carney government’s directive to make broad departmental spending cuts.
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