Thursday, August 27, 2009
Toronto taxpayers will foot the initial legal bill for a senior manager who is suing the Toronto Star over a series of articles on organics collection.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
CTF reported that a government program to remove gang tattoos has been launched in British Columbia. Removing a tattoo takes as many as 15 treatments, each of which cost $100.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
As if the Toronto City strike wasn’t enough, taxpayers not have to pay to fix the asphalt and grass that was damaged at the temporarty dump sites.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
From the Hill Times: Canadians outside of Quebec find it galling that the Bloc Québécois, whose raison d'être is Quebec sovereignty, receives 86 per cent of its funding from the federal government.
Wednesday, August 18, 2009
An Angus Reid Strategies survey conducted as GermanCanadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber was about to be deported from Canada shows that Canadians did not pay much attention to the public inquiry into Schreiber's dealings with former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, and finds that the population became more irritated with the case and its details as the process went long.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The CEO of scandal-plagued eHealth Ontario liked to travel in style on the taxpayers' dime, billing repeatedly for limo rides, while members of the agency's board were reimbursed for flights from as far away as Florida to attend meetings in Toronto. A Report details $82M in consultant fees over 2 years.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
A Star investigation revealed a 25-minute speech to the Ontario Hospital Association by Sarah Kramer, CEO of eHealth, cost taxpayers an estimated $25,000.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
GM and Chrysler refuse to disclose their tax-funded salaries.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Taxpayers anted up more than $124,000 to provide security for former U.S. president George W. Bush's appearance in Calgary last spring.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Thanks to more than $40,000 in funding from the federal government, there may be up to 500 newly trained babysitters in Regina. That’s $800 per babysitter.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Squamish – The provincial government was living it up as the economy was crashing, spending more than half-a-million dollars on parties celebrating civil service excellence.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Premier Dalton McGuinty said the province's deficit would hit $18.5 billion this year, $4 billion more than set out in the March budget due to auto sector bailouts and a drop in revenue.
