Chair of the “Premier’s Economic Recovery Team”, Moya Greene, is the last person I would have expected to be duped by the politicos on the 8th Floor. Yet, for all her experience, she managed to be taken in, placing at risk an urgent requirement to deal with our large and immediate fiscal crisis.
No one can argue that the Team is composed of
talented and successful people. Among the group is David Vardy who has been a
frequent – and valuable - contributor on this Blog. That said, the expertise appointed for the
purpose is terribly lopsided, especially considering the expertise required to examine a Government
“broke” - unless the exclusively financial people on the Team are weighed.
The Premier’s mandate letter requires the team to create a “comprehensive plan to address [the province’s] ballooning debt, deficit, and expenditures”. It ought to have been the sole requirement.
