[MarchHare]

One thing I will give the Wild Rose credit for, even if I disagree strongly with a significant aspect of their proposed implementation, is that they don't intend to allocate any surplus funds to repeating operational expenses.

With the PC proposal, if we have a big surplus one year, they'll use it to build a bunch of new schools. Ok, but now they need to maintain, staff, and operate those schools once they're built, meaning a non-budgeted excess of revenue one year results in greater government operating expenses every year thereafter.

A much better approach is to build schools when and where they're needed and plan and budget for them accordingly. Schools are an essential government service; we shouldn't be building more of them when we have a surprise surplus when times are good.