We are now into full
blown Budget consultation mode, with MPs of all parties going through a bit more than the usual pretence of listening before the actual Budget is finally put to bed by the government a few days hence.
He recently presented his updated economic and fiscal outlook to the Cabinet in London, Ontario and he has finalized his
own budget consultations and received the budget recommendations of the House Finance Committee.
With budget consultations underway, we're likely to see the term «stretch goal» enter the political lexicon in common usage along with «revenue tools.»
Also, what is the real purpose of
these budget consultations, except for photo ops, quotes, and conditioning for the upcoming budget?
I would apply the same criticism to the 2011 federal NDP proposal (see p. 6), or the more recent federal NDP idea for a «job creation tax credit» in the 2014
budget consultations.
The real purpose of
your budget consultations seems to be an opportunity for photo ops, quotes, and conditioning for the upcoming budget?
These are pretty much the same questions that he raised in last year's
budget consultations.
The Finance Committee would be able to use this as background for
its budget consultations.
«Certainly there was no hint of this during the government's
budget consultations that it would be happening.»
The Legal Ombudsman will begin accepting complaints about claims management companies in January but has warned that a «relative lack of information about the nature of demand» may be a «specific risk», in its draft strategy and
budget consultation for 2015/2017.