No argument there.  All the levels of government (municipal, provincial/territorial and federal) need to plan because they seem to forget that there are three levels of tax but they all come from the same pocket.
The politicians of each level are all self-serving.  I think it was Flaherty who suggested that provinces had more taxation room that they could use if the feds cut transfer payments.  It doesn't help Joe Blow (or Joe Blow Inc) if one tax bill decreases and the next increases.  It just adds to accounting costs if the change means more paperwork to be processed and filed.