The less polite way would be "shit or get off the pot."
Fund me or axe me, parliamentary budget officer says
Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says he will recommend the government shut down his operation of monitoring Ottawa's financial performance if he does not get more resources to do the job.
Page told the House of Commons finance committee he still has not been told whether his annual budget will increase to $2.8 million, which he says he needs to do his work.
I find it rather curious that Page hasn't seen his budget increase when the Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament approved it by unanimous vote last July. Now if you can find the original Hill Times article I quoted in that post you're doing better than I did. But the Bloc and NDP ended up dropping their insistence on Page's independence so they could get unanimous approval on the budget increase. That's months ago. I can only assume that Stephen the Petulant has been dragging his feet and ignoring the will of parliament again.
I'll be sorry to see Page go but I certainly can't blame him for being thoroughly irritated at the way he's been jerked around. In addition to all the other problems they present, this government just isn't a good employer if you're not ideologically in tune with them.
