There will be major policy reviews of the C.B.C., National Film Board and Telefilm Canada. It reduces the size and complexity of federal budget documents into a manageable and meaningful report. At a glance, it reports the capital, operating and personnel requirements of federal cultural departments and agencies as well as individual grants and contributions. It clarifies accounting practices and procedures of the federal government, especially comparing Estimate to Estimate versus Estimate to actual spending. Counterstrike provides a 1,000 line data base covering the entire federal government to individual grants and contributions.
Spreadsheets allow easy projection of alternative cuts or increases to specific programs or grants.
Users can create tailored-made comparisons and calculations. Already the federal government is tacking its fiscal sails in response to changing political winds. From 1981 to 1989, he served as Research Director for the Canada Council. From September 1989 to July 1994, Mr Hillman Chartrand was Chief Economist of Kultural Econometrics International. In July 1994 he moved to Saskatoon and set up private practice.