Exacty why do you think the Feds were reluctant to give more money to the provinces. THey are are worse at managing money.  The more there is , the more there is to squander.

Ever heard of why a governmental body that is in surplus near year end is pressured within to spend spend spend....because if they show efficiency, their funding will be cut off, and nobody want s that.
We have over 200 fireman mostly sitting on their butts here in Burlington costing the taxpayer zillions of dollars to put out a handfull of fires a year. Yes a handful....we need perhapss half of this number and redeploy the savings into medicare to help these poor people.    Talking to paramedics, they ALL seem to agree with me.

We can do it but it the PROVINCIAL govt that has fot the Global awards for ineptness.