Simplistic yes, but it does the trick. $90,000 a day is peanuts to the Conservatives. It always comes down to cutting jobs for those whose lives depend on them. That’s not peanuts.
The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the so-called “statement of work” under the Access to Information Act.
Deloitte will advise the government on the Strategic and Operating Review, a year-long exercise announced in the March 22 budget that will eventually trim $4 billion from $80 billion in annual program spending.
Tony Clement, Treasury Board president, has asked 67 departments and agencies to submit two scenarios this fall, one with cuts of five per cent, another with cuts of 10 per cent.
A nine-person committee headed by Clement will vet the proposals, and the results will become part of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s spring budget. Clement has said that transfer payments to individuals and the provinces will not be touched.
To date, the government has provided only minimal information about the timelines and process.
