I got my first byline in the Toronto Star in May 2024 but the piece I wrote only tells a part of the story I managed to find. Here's what I didn't write but wished I could have.
The phrase, the title of your article, is so jaw dropping, and real, I had no idea the Canadian government was so self aware. I was asked in an accounting class to look the income statements and balance sheets of a reserve: unholy amounts of accounts receivable (and huge borrowing costs to keep some bits of cash flowing). And how unholy Canada would rather spend money appealing countless court cases where judgement is made against them on their failure to own up to their responsibilities.
The phrase, the title of your article, is so jaw dropping, and real, I had no idea the Canadian government was so self aware. I was asked in an accounting class to look the income statements and balance sheets of a reserve: unholy amounts of accounts receivable (and huge borrowing costs to keep some bits of cash flowing). And how unholy Canada would rather spend money appealing countless court cases where judgement is made against them on their failure to own up to their responsibilities.