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Canada’s investments in health, training too valuable to treat like paper clips

From an accounting, budgeting, and reporting perspective, government investments in intangible assets, like early treatment programs, bear little distinction from spending on paper clips. And that's a problem.

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BY JEREMIAH HURLEY
November 6, 2019

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Canada’s investments in health, training too valuable to treat like paper clips

From an accounting, budgeting, and reporting perspective, government investments in intangible assets, like early treatment programs, bear little distinction from spending on paper clips. And that's a problem.

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Canada’s investments in health, training too valuable to treat like paper clips

From an accounting, budgeting, and reporting perspective, government investments in intangible assets, like early treatment programs, bear little distinction from spending on paper clips. And that's a problem.

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