As to horizontal data, will the public truly understand what they mean? Given that these programs are being administered by several departments, will the exact expenditure be assigned to each department? Will the website allow for that? If a department, for example the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, does not spend its entire budget, will its budget be reduced the following year? Will that department's budget be lowered? Must the department spend absolutely everything that was forecast? At this time, given horizontal expenditures, the situation grows increasingly complex. How will we explain the principle of horizontal expenditures to the general public?
On November 21st, 2013. See this statement in context.