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Published Mar 26, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<\/button><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nYou can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>Elon Musk, wearing a red hat, looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Musk leads DOGE, the department tasked with cutting US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/span> Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI<\/span> \/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\nArticle content<\/h2>\nThe Canadian tech leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs behind Build Canada \u2014 a public platform for policy ideas \u2014 are championing a separate platform to track government spending ahead of the April federal election.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nOriginally introduced in February, the platform, called Canada Spends, will be relaunched March 26 in a bid to make government spending more transparent and easier to understand for Canadians, according to the group.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nREGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month.<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nTHIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\nSign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\nor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe new iteration of the website will offer the public a \u201cclearer (and) more detailed look at how public funds are allocated,\u201d said Lucy Hargreaves, a founding member of Canada Spends and vice-president of corporate affairs and policy at Patch, a San Francisco-based climate software startup. \u201cWe see it helping to give Canadians the facts about the current state of play in government spending,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nThe platform\u2019s founding members were motivated and frustrated by what they deem as the \u201clack of clear, accessible, unbiased data on government spending,\u201d according to the website\u2019s mission statement. It added: \u201cWe wanted to create a platform \u2026 giving Canadians data-driven facts about how their money is being spent without spin.\u201d<\/p>\nBoth the Liberal and Conservative party leaders have indicated that if elected, they will slash what they call wasteful government spending. Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has promised to \u201cslow the growth of government spending, cap the size of the public service, and use technology to reduce inefficiencies.\u201d Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that his party will \u201ccut bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign and other wasted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\nPosthaste<\/p>\nBreaking business news, incisive views, must-reads and market signals. Weekdays by 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBy signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThanks for signing up!<\/p>\nA welcome email is on its way. 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DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\nThe revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\nAll of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. The group primarily uses public accounts data, and has utilized publicly available Treasury Board data for certain workforce statistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nAlongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\nSome critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Musk leads DOGE, the department tasked with cutting US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/span> Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI<\/span> \/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\nArticle content<\/h2>\nThe Canadian tech leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs behind Build Canada \u2014 a public platform for policy ideas \u2014 are championing a separate platform to track government spending ahead of the April federal election.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nOriginally introduced in February, the platform, called Canada Spends, will be relaunched March 26 in a bid to make government spending more transparent and easier to understand for Canadians, according to the group.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nREGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month.<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nTHIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\nSign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\nor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe new iteration of the website will offer the public a \u201cclearer (and) more detailed look at how public funds are allocated,\u201d said Lucy Hargreaves, a founding member of Canada Spends and vice-president of corporate affairs and policy at Patch, a San Francisco-based climate software startup. \u201cWe see it helping to give Canadians the facts about the current state of play in government spending,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nThe platform\u2019s founding members were motivated and frustrated by what they deem as the \u201clack of clear, accessible, unbiased data on government spending,\u201d according to the website\u2019s mission statement. It added: \u201cWe wanted to create a platform \u2026 giving Canadians data-driven facts about how their money is being spent without spin.\u201d<\/p>\nBoth the Liberal and Conservative party leaders have indicated that if elected, they will slash what they call wasteful government spending. Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has promised to \u201cslow the growth of government spending, cap the size of the public service, and use technology to reduce inefficiencies.\u201d Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that his party will \u201ccut bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign and other wasted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\nPosthaste<\/p>\nBreaking business news, incisive views, must-reads and market signals. Weekdays by 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBy signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThanks for signing up!<\/p>\nA welcome email is on its way. 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DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\nThe revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\nAll of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. The group primarily uses public accounts data, and has utilized publicly available Treasury Board data for certain workforce statistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nAlongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\nSome critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. 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The Canadian tech leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs behind Build Canada \u2014 a public platform for policy ideas \u2014 are championing a separate platform to track government spending ahead of the April federal election.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nOriginally introduced in February, the platform, called Canada Spends, will be relaunched March 26 in a bid to make government spending more transparent and easier to understand for Canadians, according to the group.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nREGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month.<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nTHIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\nSign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\nor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe new iteration of the website will offer the public a \u201cclearer (and) more detailed look at how public funds are allocated,\u201d said Lucy Hargreaves, a founding member of Canada Spends and vice-president of corporate affairs and policy at Patch, a San Francisco-based climate software startup. \u201cWe see it helping to give Canadians the facts about the current state of play in government spending,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nThe platform\u2019s founding members were motivated and frustrated by what they deem as the \u201clack of clear, accessible, unbiased data on government spending,\u201d according to the website\u2019s mission statement. It added: \u201cWe wanted to create a platform \u2026 giving Canadians data-driven facts about how their money is being spent without spin.\u201d<\/p>\nBoth the Liberal and Conservative party leaders have indicated that if elected, they will slash what they call wasteful government spending. Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has promised to \u201cslow the growth of government spending, cap the size of the public service, and use technology to reduce inefficiencies.\u201d Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that his party will \u201ccut bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign and other wasted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\nPosthaste<\/p>\nBreaking business news, incisive views, must-reads and market signals. Weekdays by 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBy signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThanks for signing up!<\/p>\nA welcome email is on its way. 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DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\nThe revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\nAll of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. The group primarily uses public accounts data, and has utilized publicly available Treasury Board data for certain workforce statistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nAlongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\nSome critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. 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Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nOriginally introduced in February, the platform, called Canada Spends, will be relaunched March 26 in a bid to make government spending more transparent and easier to understand for Canadians, according to the group.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n\nExclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O’Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.<\/li>\nDaily content from Financial Times, the world’s leading global business publication.<\/li>\nUnlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nNational Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.<\/li>\nDaily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nREGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month.<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\nTHIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\nCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n\nAccess articles from across Canada with one account<\/li>\nShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments<\/li>\nEnjoy additional articles per month<\/li>\nGet email updates from your favourite authors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\nSign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\nor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe new iteration of the website will offer the public a \u201cclearer (and) more detailed look at how public funds are allocated,\u201d said Lucy Hargreaves, a founding member of Canada Spends and vice-president of corporate affairs and policy at Patch, a San Francisco-based climate software startup. \u201cWe see it helping to give Canadians the facts about the current state of play in government spending,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nThe platform\u2019s founding members were motivated and frustrated by what they deem as the \u201clack of clear, accessible, unbiased data on government spending,\u201d according to the website\u2019s mission statement. It added: \u201cWe wanted to create a platform \u2026 giving Canadians data-driven facts about how their money is being spent without spin.\u201d<\/p>\nBoth the Liberal and Conservative party leaders have indicated that if elected, they will slash what they call wasteful government spending. Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has promised to \u201cslow the growth of government spending, cap the size of the public service, and use technology to reduce inefficiencies.\u201d Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that his party will \u201ccut bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign and other wasted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\nPosthaste<\/p>\nBreaking business news, incisive views, must-reads and market signals. Weekdays by 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBy signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThanks for signing up!<\/p>\nA welcome email is on its way. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder.<\/p>\nThe next issue of Posthaste will soon be in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWe encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cHaving the facts will help Canadians be better equipped to engage on this topic\u201d as the public prepares to take a vote on April 28, Hargreaves said.<\/p>\nKey changes to the Canada Spends website includes the addition of an interactive chart for all Government of Canada spending that will look similar to the U.S.\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal spending site. DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\nThe revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\nAll of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. The group primarily uses public accounts data, and has utilized publicly available Treasury Board data for certain workforce statistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nAlongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\nSome critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. 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or<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe new iteration of the website will offer the public a \u201cclearer (and) more detailed look at how public funds are allocated,\u201d said Lucy Hargreaves, a founding member of Canada Spends and vice-president of corporate affairs and policy at Patch, a San Francisco-based climate software startup. \u201cWe see it helping to give Canadians the facts about the current state of play in government spending,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nThe platform\u2019s founding members were motivated and frustrated by what they deem as the \u201clack of clear, accessible, unbiased data on government spending,\u201d according to the website\u2019s mission statement. It added: \u201cWe wanted to create a platform \u2026 giving Canadians data-driven facts about how their money is being spent without spin.\u201d<\/p>\nBoth the Liberal and Conservative party leaders have indicated that if elected, they will slash what they call wasteful government spending. Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has promised to \u201cslow the growth of government spending, cap the size of the public service, and use technology to reduce inefficiencies.\u201d Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that his party will \u201ccut bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign and other wasted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\nPosthaste<\/p>\nBreaking business news, incisive views, must-reads and market signals. Weekdays by 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nBy signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThanks for signing up!<\/p>\nA welcome email is on its way. 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DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\nThe revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\nAll of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. 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Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. 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The new iteration of the website will offer the public a \u201cclearer (and) more detailed look at how public funds are allocated,\u201d said Lucy Hargreaves, a founding member of Canada Spends and vice-president of corporate affairs and policy at Patch, a San Francisco-based climate software startup. \u201cWe see it helping to give Canadians the facts about the current state of play in government spending,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The platform\u2019s founding members were motivated and frustrated by what they deem as the \u201clack of clear, accessible, unbiased data on government spending,\u201d according to the website\u2019s mission statement. It added: \u201cWe wanted to create a platform \u2026 giving Canadians data-driven facts about how their money is being spent without spin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both the Liberal and Conservative party leaders have indicated that if elected, they will slash what they call wasteful government spending. Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has promised to \u201cslow the growth of government spending, cap the size of the public service, and use technology to reduce inefficiencies.\u201d Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that his party will \u201ccut bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare, foreign and other wasted money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\nThe revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\nAll of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. The group primarily uses public accounts data, and has utilized publicly available Treasury Board data for certain workforce statistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nAlongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\nSome critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. 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\u201cHaving the facts will help Canadians be better equipped to engage on this topic\u201d as the public prepares to take a vote on April 28, Hargreaves said.<\/p>\n
Key changes to the Canada Spends website includes the addition of an interactive chart for all Government of Canada spending that will look similar to the U.S.\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal spending site. DOGE, spearheaded by the world\u2019s richest man Elon Musk, aims to cut US$1 trillion in federal spending by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n
The revamped platform will also include department-by-department spending breakdowns of Canada\u2019s largest federal agencies including the Department of Finance, Employment and Social Development Canada and Health Canada, among others.<\/p>\n
All of the data comes from Government of Canada resources. The group primarily uses public accounts data, and has utilized publicly available Treasury Board data for certain workforce statistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nAlongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\nSome critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. 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Alongside Hargreaves, the core team managing Canada Spends includes Brice Scheschuk, the co-founder and former chief financial officer of Wind Mobile and managing partner at investment firm Globalive Capital; Brendan Samek, a founding software engineer at AI e-commerce customer service firm Yuma; and Todd Scheidt, the co-founder and advisor at carbon capture firm E-Quester and former head of revenue operations at Shopify Inc.<\/p>\n
Some critics have expressed concerns that the individuals behind Canada Spends and Build Canada are pushing for a Canadian version of the U.S.\u2019s DOGE led by the tech community. Academics who study Canada\u2019s public finances note that the government already has its own publicly available platform called InfoBase where anyone can see how the government spends, where people work and employee demographics of government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\nGenevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cThere are all sorts of feedback loops to challenge where governments spend and what result they get, so that the people we elect can decide where to allocate resources,\u201d said Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa and former head of Canada\u2019s federal public service.<\/p>\n
Genevieve Tellier, a professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa who studies budgetary policies and public finances of federal and provincial governments, said that while more transparency was welcome, visitors should consider the motivations of those presenting the data as well.<\/p>\n\nRecommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\nTrump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Trump expects to be \u2018satisfied\u2019 with DOGE cuts in a few months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Canada’s privacy watchdog is investigating Elon Musk’s X<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/picture>\nCanada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Canada is a supercomputer laggard. Here’s why that must change<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\nAdvertisement 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\nThe group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not copying the DOGE playbook from the U.S.,\u201d the Canada Spends website says. \u201cWe care about Canada being a self-sustaining, independent and resilient country. Our government is going to have to make hard choices about our nation\u2019s spending to ensure we can invest in creating a competitive, resilient, and independent nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Email: ylau@postmedia.com <\/em><\/p>\nBookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nArticle content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nShare this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\nCanadian DOGE website launches | Financial Post<\/a>\n2025-03-26 17:49:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation News Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk Published Mar 26, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 4 minute read You can save this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/57877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\u201cPeople can want to participate in the democratic process and examine the actions of the government more carefully to push their own self-interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we see in the U.S. is more cynicism toward the government. It feels like this is what is done here too with Canada Spends \u2014 nuances are missing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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The group refutes the suggestion that it is aiming to create a Canadian DOGE.<\/p>\n
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