With many Canadian’s upset about the cuts in the government’s spring budget and the lack of public consultation and debate, the NDP’s goal for the upcoming pre-budget consultations is to ensure that the Finance Committee hears from Canadians from coast to coast to coast about what matters to them and where they want our country to be headed.
Jean Crowder (Nanaimo-Cowichan):
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are outraged that the government is spending $90,000 a day for a consultant to help plan cuts to services that Canadians rely on. If we add it up, we could keep 230 front-line employees on the job for over a year.
Why is the government throwing money at high-priced consultants while cutting staff who actually deliver services to Canadians?
Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance:
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