Stephen Harper Ordered $554K In Surveys In Run-Up To Election

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Stephen Harper Ordered $554K In Surveys In Run-Up To Election
Topic Started: Dec 9 2015, 01:54 PM (87 Views)
Darcie	Dec 9 2015, 01:54 PM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: Former prime minister Stephen Harper's own department spent more taxpayer money on public-opinion polling in 2014-15 than any other, asking Canadians about niqabs, ISIS and the Senate as preparations for the October federal election kicked into high gear. Newly disclosed figures show the Privy Council Office spent $554,000 to the end of March this year — more than twice the $250,000 it had originally budgeted — on surveys and focus groups. The total is much higher than the office had spent in any year since 2006-07, and is well ahead of the next biggest spender last year, the Finance Department at $512,000. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/12/07/stephen-harper-ordered-554k-in-surveys-in-run-up-to-election_n_8745166.html Hmmm, part of the deficit. Shows how well Harper knew how to budget. Didn't do much good eh!



campy	Dec 9 2015, 03:26 PM Post #2
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	The election is over. You haven't seen anything yet when it comes to over budgeting. Deficits have been promised. That's a fact. Gee I hope we don't get one of those governments that blame everything on the previous government. Hey you wanted the job. You got it. Excerpt: But Morneau avoided the question when asked about the Liberal promise to keep shortfalls under $10 billion per year. The finance minister's remarks come a day after the parliamentary budget office warned the government was on track to run annual deficits that would likely be billions of dollars higher than expected. Edited by campy, Dec 9 2015, 03:33 PM.



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