Archive 1997-2016
The $100 million spent by the federal government on two Challenger 604 business jets might not be a bad investment considering Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s ability to pile up more mileage than a travelling Hoover salesman.
The Chretien government’s plan to build a series of museums and cultural attractions along Wellington Street would pump more tax dollars into a city already bloated with federal cash.
Ottawa is stuck with a school board with no fiscal control over its budget — a school board that has been emasculated to the point of irrelevance.
Slicing $33.7 million from an already frayed public school budget is like trying to trim the fat off an anorexic – only so much can be taken away before there’s nothing left. But it’s no reason to throw common sense out the window.