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I have heard it said frequently and have read it in emails and articles: government would be in a whole lot better shape “if we ran it like a business.” There is only one thing wrong with that sentiment: it isn’t.

Our orders of government in Canada are not in the business of being businesses. While governments have been virtually bankrupted by poor decisions, they carry on. While people lose faith in their “chief executives”