Sorry RedLyon, but I prefer that politicians remember that Canadian citizens are taxpayers.  It _isn't_ their money they're spending, it's ours.  

I also disagree that Canadian citizens are "clients" of the government.  The governments role is to do the minimum necessary to permit 36 million Canadians to live together in a civilized manner.  It's role is not to offer "services"; that philosophy is part of what has led to the bloated government we currently have now.