The Globe and Mail: …No information was released that explains how much Ottawa plans to spend each year on the various projects, nor how much would be direct spending versus loans. Nor was an update provided as to what the flurry of announcements would mean for the size of Ottawa’s deficit and debt.
…“I’ve been involved with budgets in one way or another since 1977 and I’ve never seen such a lack of transparency,” said Don Drummond, a professor at Queen’s University’s School of Policy Studies…