17 November 2006

Ok. We told ya so.

A day after announcing a potential deficit of $39.8 million, finance minister Loyola "Rain Man" Sullivan admits the province's current account budget will likely be in the black come the spring.

Don't say Bond Papers didn't cast doubts about Sullivan's little announcement here and here.

In the meantime, ponder as well the complete collapse of provincial government communications.

First, there was the anti-Aliant tirades by Danny Williams trying to defend the GRAP fibre fiasco.

Now we have a finance minister talking about puny deficitt and then at the same time saying that in six months the whole deficit will probably be gone.

Rather than planning legislation to outlaw government budget deficits, Sullivan should consider passing a law requiring finance ministers to be straight with the people of the province about how he is managing their money.

Oh wait. There's already accountability and transparency legislation.

Perhaps we should start calling Sullivan "Mr. Bumble".

After all, both seem to think the law is a ass.