If this government takes a position that it has to control expenses to ensure that we have a viable long-term economy and deliver services to people, does it not sound prudent and reasonable that they would try to be efficient? Wouldn't they try to have value for money? Wouldn't they try to find a way to ensure that the spending is delivering definable results? Is that not real? Does that not sound normal? Does that not sound like good business practice?
On November 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.