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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-05-16, Page 19Page 4-- sroads' -May 16, 1904 Canada Dye: the bureaucrats' party pooper By W. Roger Worth In this age of ever -rising government deficits, one is forced to wonder about the spending habits and .man- agement ability of the coun- try's bureaucrats, man- 'darins and senior civil ser- vants. Indeed, it was no less an authority than Kenneth Dye, Canada's Auditor General, who brought the matter to mind when he admitted to a Commons Committee that his department was conduct- ing an investigation into the "use -or -lose" theory of gov- ernment spending. For the uninitiated, that's the process through which the nation's bureaucrats spend massive amounts of money in the final month of the government's fiscal year. The apparent reason for the excessive spending: if the cash that was budgeted to be spent hasn't been used up, the mandarins go on a spending binge to see that it is. It is a lot like a taxpayer happily finding that he or she didn't have as many ex- penses as planned, so the ex- tra money can be blown on a trip to Las Vegas or the sunny south rather than pay- ing down a loan. For upwardly -mobile civil servants, though, the prac- tice is much more important to individual careers, and the country's sales I people have a field day during these end -of -fiscal -year rites. Indeed, some knowing companies place senior exe- cutives in Ottawa and some provincial capitals only for the big buying period. New computers replace the old. Offices are redecor- - vied and new fuctuture:sa es -- take on added glamour. Spending plans that had long simmered on the back burn- er are miraculously, discov- ered overnight. If the bureaucrats don't spend their entire allot- ments, it seems, there is real concern their peers will view them as bad managers who. can't budget correctly. What's worse, fromthe mandarins' point of view, is that next year's cash allot- ment for the department or agency may be reduced. This, of course, is not accept- able to the bureaucrats. There is an inherent belief that a larger department, and greater spending, will result in more power and in- fluence for the bureaucrat involved. The problem, of course, is that there is little or no in:. centive for our bureaucrats to save money. So instead ref putting a few billion dollars of the planned spending aside to reduce the overall deficit, the extra cash is spent in one final free-for-all. Nor is the difficulty all at the federal level. Indeed, there seems to be a spending mentality among bureau- crats that affects every gov- ernment body in the country. The solution may be to of- fer bonuses to frugal bureau- ' crats who don't follow the "use -or -lose" .tlWory , and have money left at year=end. On the other hand, a sim- pler and less expensive idea would be' a salary ' cut for bureaucrats who do waste taxpayers' cash by taking advantage of ' this many - tines pernicious system. IN THE MIND One thing the mind can't do is be in two places at once. When you're driving you can't be thinking about springtime or food or prob- lems at home and, at the same time, treat that on- coming car like a good de- fensive driver shout j. The Ontario Safety League firm- ly believes that driving de- mands complete concentra- tion. When you're in the driver's seat sweep those other thoughts right out of your mind and occupy it with thoughts about the driving scene in general, and the other drivers' actions behind the wheel in particular. Thatcher birthdate Margaret Roberts Thatch- er, the first woman to be ap- pointed prime minister in 700 years of English parlia- mentary history, was born Oct. 12, 1925. ' SPECIAL PRICES IN EPPECT 9 A.M. WED. MAY 16 UN'T'IL, Gl.11'1G SCHNEIDERS DUTCH TREAT FRANKS RED HOT WIENERS SUPER SPECIAL CROSS CUT RIB ROASTS OR STEAKS 4.3L ., L98, It 450 g. PKG. BONELESS'' CROSS CUT RIB ROASTS OR STEAKS 5. 49/kg, 2.49 Ib.� BLADE BONE REMOVED SHORT RIB ROAST !69 SCHNEIDERS POPULAR THREE VARIETIES MINI -SIZZLERS' 5,°::�99 MR. MacGREGORS FROZEN BOXED MEATS SOLD BY THE CASE ONLY STRIP LOIN (9 PORTIONS 170 g EA.) BEEF STEAKS SPECIAL SCHNEIDERS • 5 VARIETIES SLICED BACON 52.11 SERVING CASE 1_ 8 PRE -BROWNED BREADED 63` SERVING ITALIAN (12 PORTIONS 100 g EA.) CASE/.S8 VEAL CUTLETTES PRE -BROWNED BREADED 75` SERVING CHICKEN (12 PORTIONS 100 g EA.)o CUTLETTES CASE 8.9 JUMBO SIZE (12 PORTIONS 143 g EA.) STEAK SHAPED BEEF -- 58C SERVING STEAKETTES CASE 6.98 500 g PKG. 'rfrl4 ' • SPECIAL SCHNEIDERS 3 VARIETIES SLIM MEAT__ STICKS 250 g EA. •r FROM THE CHUCK CUT FROM CANADA 'A' GRADE BEEF FOR YOUR BARBEQUE BLADE STEAKS SPECIALLY TRIMMED FOR EXTRA VALUE Ib. [4.f BONELESS! NO WASTE /k9 BLADE ROASTS OR STEAKS 189. . SCHNEIDERS 500 g PACKAGE CELLO PACK BEEF STEAKETTES SPECIAL SCHNEIDERS SANDWICH MEAT SPREAD- ROLLS 6 VARIETIES 250 g 1 SPECIAL SPECIAL SCHNEIDERS SIX COOKED VARIETIES PORTIONED SLICED HAM_1 SC. INEIDERS STEAKS BOLOGNA SCHNEIDERS SLICED 9 VARIETIES COOKED MEATS 87 175 g PKG. 175 g EA. 500 g PKG. 2 0 DELI SPECIALS AVAILABLE ONLY AT DELI EQUIPPED STORES SCHNEIDERS TANGY �� SAUERKRAUT 909 mL . COUNTRY GOLD '/2's VAC PACK COUNTRY STYLE HAM 8,36/kg3. ?91b. SCHNEIDERS FARMERS MARKET SMOKED SAUSAGE 500 g 3.19 NO NAME PEPPERONI OR BAVARIAN SMOKIES 375 g 1.68 SCHNEIDERS VACUUM RING POLISH. SAUSAGE 6.37/kg2.891b. .BOLOGNA -MAC & CHEESE -MOCK CHICKEN COOKED MEATSBRAND 2.62/k91.191b. NO NAME -BY THE PIECE RIND ON SIDE BACON 4./74.89,b. NO NAME CHEESE FRANKFURTERS 375 g f.49 SCHNEIDERS JUMBO SLICED :4; kgSUMERA SAGEIb. SU SCHNEIDERS_OLDE�ASI#IONED y}},c 9.9Dg S D HAM SLICED ,4i491b. SCHNEIDERS INSIDE ROUND 1A� f�/kg ROAST � BEEF SLICED SHOPSYS COLE SLAW OR POTATO SALAD 5.491b. 162/kg 1,19 lb. COUNTRY OVEN BAKESHOP SPECIALS A BUY ONE GET ONE FREE SNEAK PREVIEW PASSPORT COUPON TO CANADA'S WONDERLAND Details at the Store COUNTRY OVEN TASTY STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE 350 g 2.59 09c EA. DOZ. NOW UNTIL MAY 31. SAVE 50% ON COLOUR PRINT FILM PROCESSING AT ZEHRS PRODUCT OF U.S. FLORIDA PRODUCT OF U.S. FLORIDA CAN. NO. 1 GREEN CABBAGE 39 Ib. 10 Ib. BAG 86e /kg PROD. OF U.S. CALIF. GREEN ONIONS TENDER BUNCHES STURDY IMPATIENS RED PETUNIA, OR WAX GBEGON AMS GERANIUMS HANGING BASKETS NO NAME PRODUCT OF U.S. CALIFORNIA PEAT MOSS 2 CU.3.49 FT. PROD. OF CHILE 218 /kg CAN. NO. 1 RED EMPEROR GRAPES 990 lb PROD. OF CANADA ONTARIO _..... ....... . PROD. OF CHILE Q GAN. N0. 1 SPANISH TYPE le 7 �kq ONIONS 89' lb PROD. OF S. AFRICA CANADA FANCY GRANNY SMITH APPLES PRODUCT OF U.S. CALIFORNIA CARROTS BUNCH 79' PRODUCT OF U.S. FLORIDA LIMES 5199' PRODUCT OF U.SH. 169 JUICY HAWAIIAN PAPAYAS EA PRODUCT OF U.S. FLORIDA CHERRY TOMATOE PINT PRODUCT OF ONTARIO CAN. NO. 1 ENGLISH PROD. OF U.S. WASHINGTON CANADA FANCY ANJOU PEARS CUCUMBERS PRODUCT OF ONTARIO FRESH COLE SLAW PRODUCT OF U.S. CALIFORNIA CELERY f. 74- kg 79s Ib 152 'ky 69° lb '140 NAME TOP SOIL 4 0 IN THE SHELL 3.49 SAVE 404 PKG. NO AME PEANUTSMg PRODUCT OF U.S.99 j CALIFORNIA Y BROCCOLI EA 99 PRODUCT OF 80 9 CANADA N0.. 1 DUTCH SET ONIONS PK 20 F 10"W HANGING BASKET 8. 99 SWEDISH IVY OR SPRENGERI NO NAME WHITE MARBLE CHIPS 20 Kg 2.99