Conservative gov't spends $90,000/day to find wasteful spending

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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House of Commons Debates

OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Wenesday,September 21, 2011
Hon. Scott Brison (Kings—Hants, Lib.):
Hon. Scott Brison (Kings—Hants, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, Canadians cannot put up with this Conservative government's waste and mismanagement. It is wasting $90,000 a day to have consultants tell it where to cut government spending.

Why can the cabinet ministers not make these decisions themselves? What exactly are Canadians paying these ministers to do?

Hon. Scott Brison (Kings—Hants, Lib.):

Mr. Speaker, under the Conservatives, spending on consultants is up by $3 billion per year.

I served on the cabinet expenditure review committee led by the member for Markham—Unionville. As ministers, we took our jobs seriously. We went through every spending item line by line and we made the decisions.

Why do the Conservatives outsource their thinking? Is it because the Prime Minister trusts consultants more than his own ministers? What exactly are Canadians paying those ministers to do if not to make decisions about the expenditures of government?

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