In most countries a budget is a tool to control expenses. In Great Robot Leader's Canada it's a weapon to control information.
Exhibit A: Stats Canada.
Statistics Canada, the national statistics agency, informed its staff late last week that it has been ordered to chop $33.9-million from its planned spending by April 1, 2014.
“The actions to be taken involve a mixture of new efficiency measures and program reductions. Achieving the required savings will necessarily mean a reduction in Statistics Canada’s work force.”
Exhibit B: The Information Commissioner.
