Bureaucracy may be necessary, but it is never harmless
SHAWN WHATLEY: There is nothing that bureaucracy cannot make worse
Tag: Public sector
No such thing as a downturn if you work in government
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: It’s clear that there is a class divide in Alberta between those who receive a government paycheque and those forced to pay the growing tab
Failure to use rapid tests in pandemic points to deeper problems
JOHN ADAMS and KASHIF PIRZADA: We still have time to act; we could approve and quickly license and produce rapid tests in Canada by the tens of millions
The Alberta government is not taking too little from taxpayers
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: Instead of reaching deeper into their pockets, it’s time for Alberta’s politicians to start living within taxpayers’ means.
Alberta desperately needs to reduce its labour costs
FRANCO TERRAZZANO: No hope of balancing the budget and repaying the debt unless public service starts to share the pain felt by average Albertans
Mental health therapies should be fully funded by medicare
HELEN-MARIA VASILIADIS: For every $1 invested in psychological services for depression, there’s a $2 return to society
Canada’s public sector is getting fatter, and that’s bad news
Instead of climbing out of debt, federal and provincial governments are spending more, to the detriment of the economy (FREE)
Alberta’s job recovery brings its own set of problems
Instead of a recovering private sector economy, Alberta has simply expanded its government sector
Powerful government unions weaken the economy
MATTHEW LAU: While the U.S. is curtailing the strength of such unions, Canadian government finances are stretched by the cost of public-sector workers
The feds’ astonishing capacity for being tone-deaf
Turning the natural-gas-fired Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill into an LED version belittles our past and misunderstands our future
Stephen Goldsmith transformed how cities should operate
The former Indianapolis mayor demonstrated how to improve service and cut costs – and taxes
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