These Parliamentary Ministry Changes Must Come
MY CANADA this week reflects on the first Justin Trudeau government budget need aside from the usual speculation by opposition parties led by the often bias media reports.
It appears the newly elected government is willing to give Canadians a large amount of deficit spending to fulfill some if not most 2015 election promises. Blossoming budget numbers appears to be acceptable to most Canadians. But the plunge towards more debt is not unusual since the majority of Canadians are currently spending $164 for every $100 earned according to recent figures. Aside from opposition parties and many financial experts the majority are comfortable with the situation on both counts. Under those circumstances the new government isn’t any different than the majority of citizens. In both instances paying down the debt will undoubtedly be expensive and likely supported by the banking community, Interest charges on personal and government debt can only enhance the banking industry’s already massive profits reported in the billion dollar range or above every three months.
The government is already preaching the merits of escalating debt meaning higher employment with many new infrastructure projects leading a noticeable increase in future debt reduction. There is even an indication the entire debt will disappear and a balanced budget will become a reality by the time the Liberals face the electorate in 2019. Comparing the claim with the fact personal debt is at least stagnating at present levels and most debtors are making necessary payments, it seems rather strange the government can follow the same spending pattern and retire the increased indebtedness in less than 4 years.
The scenario is unlikely of course unless taxation in all its many forms increases dramatically leading most voters to reconsider current unprecedented government support by 2019. Common sense dictates there is a solution that the government is almost certain to impose. The current situation whereby administration and uncontrolled spending at the ministry level is a way of life that must be dealt with and controlled. The solution is probably not specifically cutting civil servant jobs but rather changing the longtime uncontrolled spending levels for management and administration that is always referred to as needed to attract the best professionals. If those people were truly professional and not intent on preserving the status quo the first changes would be to redirect spending.
The real need is to get rid of unneeded administrative support making certain the top administrative and management echelon are reimbursed for success rather than level of comparative income with those in the private sector. Government has little choice but to trim spending by introducing a business type civil service model. With new young ministers in charge of the old staid federal civil service needed charges might not be beyond the realm of possibility. Three and a half years to design and institute the needed changes will probably allow the Trudeau ministers time to modernize and bring the civil service to a 2015-19 mold. The alternative will undoubtedly be a short shelf life for the Justin Trudeau led government.
It appears the newly elected government is willing to give Canadians a large amount of deficit spending to fulfill some if not most 2015 election promises. Blossoming budget numbers appears to be acceptable to most Canadians. But the plunge towards more debt is not unusual since the majority of Canadians are currently spending $164 for every $100 earned according to recent figures. Aside from opposition parties and many financial experts the majority are comfortable with the situation on both counts. Under those circumstances the new government isn’t any different than the majority of citizens. In both instances paying down the debt will undoubtedly be expensive and likely supported by the banking community, Interest charges on personal and government debt can only enhance the banking industry’s already massive profits reported in the billion dollar range or above every three months.
The government is already preaching the merits of escalating debt meaning higher employment with many new infrastructure projects leading a noticeable increase in future debt reduction. There is even an indication the entire debt will disappear and a balanced budget will become a reality by the time the Liberals face the electorate in 2019. Comparing the claim with the fact personal debt is at least stagnating at present levels and most debtors are making necessary payments, it seems rather strange the government can follow the same spending pattern and retire the increased indebtedness in less than 4 years.
The scenario is unlikely of course unless taxation in all its many forms increases dramatically leading most voters to reconsider current unprecedented government support by 2019. Common sense dictates there is a solution that the government is almost certain to impose. The current situation whereby administration and uncontrolled spending at the ministry level is a way of life that must be dealt with and controlled. The solution is probably not specifically cutting civil servant jobs but rather changing the longtime uncontrolled spending levels for management and administration that is always referred to as needed to attract the best professionals. If those people were truly professional and not intent on preserving the status quo the first changes would be to redirect spending.
The real need is to get rid of unneeded administrative support making certain the top administrative and management echelon are reimbursed for success rather than level of comparative income with those in the private sector. Government has little choice but to trim spending by introducing a business type civil service model. With new young ministers in charge of the old staid federal civil service needed charges might not be beyond the realm of possibility. Three and a half years to design and institute the needed changes will probably allow the Trudeau ministers time to modernize and bring the civil service to a 2015-19 mold. The alternative will undoubtedly be a short shelf life for the Justin Trudeau led government.