COLLINS: We need to find another money tree
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THE ANSWER TO everything is “We need a new money tree.” All of our problems would go away if we just had more money.
We would solve the opioid crisis, the homeless situation, the doctor and nurse shortages, and we’d have more paramedics, more clinics, and we’d do it all by just hauling some more money in from the money tree. What could be simpler?
If only it were that easy. But as we saw in the federal budget this week, and the provincial budgets across the country, there is only so much money to go around. And no matter which party we’re dealing with, they’re all facing the same dilemma.
Look at your own family budget. Grocery prices are up 10 percent, property taxes are going up, gas prices are high and you have to prioritize where you’re going to spend. The governments are no different.
