When the Minister of Finance appeared before the Standing Committee on Finance, of which I am a member, I asked him whether it was the public servants who were mismanaging programs, or the politicians who were spending too much. Of course, since the minister wanted to protect some public servants and deputy ministers, he had to take full responsibility and reply that it was the politicians who were spending too much.
Lors de la comparution du ministre des Finances au Comité permanent des finances, duquel je suis membre, je lui ai posé la question suivante: «Est-ce que ce sont les fonctionnaires qui gèrent mal les programmes ou les politiciens qui dépensent trop?» Bien sûr, le ministre, en voulant protéger certains fonctionnaires et certains sous-ministres, a dû supporter tout le fardeau de la responsabilité en disant que c'étaient les politiciens qui dépensaient trop.