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Using priority-based budgeting to demonstrate value for people

by RUDYK K
Using priority-based budgeting to demonstrate value for people One of the largest criticisms of local government is that they are “not responsive” to community needs and priorities. To successfully determine community priorities, priority-based budgeting suggests public engagement. Photo: Adobe Stock
Published in March 2024 - Page 35

Our sector has a trust problem. Our public does not have enough trust in us.

Recently the Environics Institute of Canada asked, “Are governments in Canada working?” Only 36 per cent of respondents suggested that local municipal government was “generally working.”

This is relatively good news when you consider the figure was 23 per cent for provincial governments and 22 per cent for the federal government. But these figures do not bode

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