Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day dou­bled down on her Gov­ern­ment’s in­ten­tion to shift its spend­ing pri­or­i­ties, by an­nounc­ing a sweep­ing cost-cut­ting ini­tia­tive aimed at redi­rect­ing pub­lic funds to­ward es­sen­tial ser­vices.

In a strong­ly word­ed Face­book post ti­tled “Enough waste. Time to put peo­ple first,” the Prime Min­is­ter yes­ter­day out­lined her ad­min­is­tra­tion’s im­me­di­ate ac­tions to curb what she de­scribed as years of un­nec­es­sary gov­ern­ment ex­pen­di­ture.

“For far too long, your tax dol­lars have gone to waste, mil­lions spent on ads, lux­u­ry ve­hi­cles, ex­pen­sive rentals, and perks for a priv­i­leged few,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar wrote.