Combat cutbacks: Conservatives target the military budget
John Geddes takes a close look at the Conservative brand and defence spending
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Budget 2013
The public accounts committee decides it’s only so interested in fiscal sustainability
Deciding not to bother the finance department
Better know a talking point
The Conservaties say they’ve done the math, but they won’t show their work
’Parliament has lost control of the estimate process’
The complaints of a young Reform MP
And now a word from Scott Clark and Peter DeVries
The two former finance officials respond to the government’s criticism
The Commons: Stephen Harper sees partisan people
Always keep an eye out for Liberal sympathizers
’The fact is no one in Parliament can tell Canadians what the government is planning to spend’
The budget process is a mess
The Commons: The age of austerity, as not seen on TV
In light of spending cuts, perhaps a new advertising campaign is in order
What the New Democrats want
The official opposition makes its budget demands
The trouble with the budget
Scott Clark and Peter DeVries explain how to fix the budget process. Separately, they also pan the finance committee’s pre-budget...