Western Standard - November 02, 2026


'Stop the Pay Raises'： Franco Terrazzano's Ottawa Spending Hit List

HANNAFORD： What？ Get rid of the Indian Act？

Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

200.0

Word count

242

Sentence count

5


Transcript

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00:00:00.000 well i mean since i got you here i'm sure you got a few answers what are a few of the things
00:00:03.840 they're spending money on that they could stop spending money on well i mean number one uh how
00:00:09.760 about we just stop the pay raises please can we just stop the pay raises here these mbs from
00:00:14.560 every party right taking pay raises every single year and you know our our national politicians
00:00:19.520 are the only national politicians in any g7 country that have taken 14 consecutive pay raises
00:00:25.200 in a row every year okay number one number two let's look at the bureaucracy the cost of bureaucracy
00:00:30.320 up 80 percent in 10 years and the pbo by the way projects the cost of the bureaucracy to increase
00:00:36.820 uh by another what about 10 billion dollars this year so still going up corporate subsidies you're
00:00:42.760 looking at more than 10 billion dollars in corporate welfare every year uh not only are
00:00:47.780 we paying an arm and a leg for the bureaucracy but the cost of the consultants the contractors
00:00:52.180 The outsourcing more than doubled in 10 years time.
00:00:56.460 CBC defund that a billion dollar savings right there.
00:01:00.460 Stop bailing out failing crown corporations like Canada Post or Via Rail.
00:01:05.140 Corey, it probably would have been easier for you to ask me, well, what should they not cut?
00:01:09.280 Given all the fat and all the overspending going on in Ottawa.