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David Clinton

Gigabytes of data later it turns out that, more often than not, the problem is too much government.

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My recent post on the expensive train wreck of federal government departmental self-assessments used annual reports from Canadian Heritage as a case in point. AI analysis found that high program success rates revealed nothing useful about r...

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Has Government Policy Actually Addressed Food Inflation?

The federal government recently announced its new National Food Security Strategy - along with a commitment to spend another $3.2 billion. The initiative has predictably received mixed reviews. But it at least tries to address a widely ackn...

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Public Sector Employment Trends and Government Productivity

Both before and after their election last year, the federal Liberals acknowledged that their spending was unsustainable. They promised to reduce costs in part by reducing the size of the public service.

Two years ago, I wrote here on The A...

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Assessing Government Departmental Self-Assessments

As a (commendable) exercise in transparency, federal government departments are required to file annual reports. Well, not just reports. There’ll often also be plans, reviews, compliance documentation, and audits.

I’ve already discussed t...

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How Compliance with the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act Drains Government Capacity

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