How Ottawa Spends, 1996-1997 Life under the Knife |
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| Author:
| Swimmer, Gene
Swimmer, Gene |
| Series title: | How Ottawa Spends Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88629-285-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 1996 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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The Liberal government's assault on the deficit will reduce program spending by 21 percent by 1998/99 and be accompanied by a reduction of almost 50,000 public employees. Rather than a frantic across-the-board slashing exercise, the cuts have been portrayed as a change in philosophy toward reducing the role of the federal government by devolving responsibilities to other sectors and applying private sector management techniques to those activities that remain.
The Liberal government's assault on the deficit will reduce program spending by 21 percent by 1998/99 and be accompanied by a reduction of almost 50,000 public employees. Rather than a frantic across-the-board slashing exercise, the cuts have been portrayed as a change in philosophy toward reducing the role of the federal government by devolving responsibilities to other sectors and applying private sector management techniques to those activities that remain.