Economist raises concerns about lack of government spending transparency

The federal government may have spent upwards of $40 billion beyond what it laid out in its spring economic statement and needs to be more transparent about its books, according to a recent report by Desjardins deputy chief economist Randall Bartlett.

'I've been involved in budgets since 1977, and I've never seen such a lack of transparency,' said Don Drummond, the former chief economist at TD Bank