Last year, the Minister of
Finance, Charlene Johnson, released a PR piece entitled: “Five Things to Know
About Budget 2014”. It’s very first claim was: “A return to surplus in
2015-16”!
The problem isn’t just the
price of oil. Johnson forecast $791 million extra revenue next year and assured us $28 million would be left over. It would be foolish to say the surplus constituted a rounding error, because the whole forecast was just made up.
It’s the stuff that earns Finance Ministers laughs, but not much more.
Charlene should have known better than to compete with Snook for the Stephen Leacock Award; yes, that’s the one for humour.
It’s the stuff that earns Finance Ministers laughs, but not much more.
Charlene should have known better than to compete with Snook for the Stephen Leacock Award; yes, that’s the one for humour.
