--the fee was mean spirited and philosophical only.
--I bet the net income after collection, enforcement and purchase of meters was even less than reported.
--I'm fairly certain that if someone digs into the fees that were attempted on the forest service rec sites... when they existed... will find that it cost more to collect and enforce than was ever made from the program.
--as to the article indicating that MOE did not meet its mandate I would again say it was government not the ministry that did not meet the mandate..
--each ministry puts a plan together for approval by government so if in fact the mandate was predicted to be met and was not... that is another story and the deputy and others should be held accountable... if however these officials reported they could not achieve the core goals with the resources given then the government should be the ones held accountable.
--This is a good move and I will applaud it without reservation. When government does something right we should let them know.