Editorial: Government made wise choice to spend in budget, but could have gone further

Editorial: Government made wise choice to spend in budget, but could have gone further
Could spending have stretched a little further or been spent a little more efficiently to address two more crises in this province?
Author of the article: Regina Leader-Post Editorial Board
Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021  •  10 hours ago  •  3 minute read  • 
Donna Harpauer, minister of finance, speaks at an embargoed press conference on Budget Day at the Legislative Building in Regina on April 6, 2021. The government presented a budget with both record spending and deficits. Photo by Michael Bell /The Canadian Press
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Welcome to budgeting in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — where governments no longer need to worry about the size of their deficit.

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