Non seulement cet examen des programmes a été continuellement paralysé, à la grande déception des Canadiens, mais, à la veille d
e la publication du livre vert attendu depuis longtemps, le Toronto S
tar a révélé que la réforme des programmes sociaux
allait entraîner de fortes compressions des dépenses, atteignant jusqu'à 7,5 milliards de dollars, même si le gouvernement avait donné aux Canadi
...[+++]ens l'impression qu'ils seraient consultés avant que l'on envisage quelque compression que ce soit.They grew concerned and I would argue that those concerns continue to grow today. Not only was this program review put on hold continually much to the chagrin of Canadians, but on the eve of the release of the long awaited green paper there was a revelation in the Toronto Star that
the social program reform was going to include big
cuts, $7.5 billion worth, even though the government had given Canadians the impression that they would b
e consulted in this before any types ...[+++] of cuts were actually considered.