To further your analogy, it would be like Mom& Dad saying "we don't think you spent your allowance wisely, so we're going to give you $15 instead of $20 and you have to spend it on shoelaces. "

Question though... if this My way or the Highway approach is about accountability, why has Trudeau not had one of his underlings develop that and institute it?  PS: more absolute dollars go to public sector worker salaries than execs, so if they start cuts, it will likely happen more to the front line than the back office.  Be careful what you wish for.