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Every now and then, folks who read this space find the time to send along a comment. Often these missives gently point to some failing of mine.

But equally often, readers pass along interesting observations and ideas.

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This week, a reader who owns and operates a highly successful business opined on how Premier Doug Ford might find a few efficiencies.

It seems the fate of Conservative governments to be blessed with the opportunity to pay down debt. The new Ford government is keen to find savings and get the deficit under control.

That isn’t an easy task.

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The first thing most governments do is to ask all ministries to prepare plans for an across-the-board budget cut.

I’ve always thought this was a dumb idea.

Why would anyone assume that every ministry had the same opportunity to find efficiencies?

And why would a rational person believe that the same management team that developed the current budget would be the right team to trim it?