Friday, January 30, 2009
A vote to eliminate giving alcohol to homeless people for a savings of $60,000 failed by a vote of 32-11 in Toronto...Ouch!

Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Canadian New Media Fund is a national program which supports the creation and the distribution of interactive digital cultural content products. Kenny v Spenny is a television show that features two best friends who compete against each other. Their competitions are "ridiculous, immature and totally intense."  One of the competitions was titled "who can keep a dump in their pants the longest". For this they received $328,000 from the Canadian New Media Fund from April 2007 to September 2008...Ouch!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The federal budget estimates an $85 billion in deficit spending over the next five years...Ouch!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Prisoners who give birth during their sentence receive federal paid maternity leave (from there prison employment) and the child may remain in prison until the age of 4 ...Ouch!

Monday, January 26, 2009
A federal court has awarded $6,000 to an inmate because Corrections Canada did not buy him a $125 pair of shoes. Instead of the $125 pair of shoes the inmate was given Brooks shoes due to budget cuts. The inmate insisted they did not fit and refused the new pair of shoes. The inmate then hurt his knee due to his old shoes as he had refused the new pair...Ouch!

Friday, January 23, 2009
An audit of Indian Affairs found that $10,000,000 was mismanaged in Manitoba through failing to maintain proper books and over-paying land claim settlements ...Ouch!

Thursday, January 22, 2009 
Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General, cost $1,954,000 to maintain in 2007-2008...Ouch!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
An audit of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples found that $260,000 of ineligible expenses were filed from 2005-2006. The Congress has disputed this claim and said that only $54,678 needs to be paid back...Ouch!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 
Ed Byrne, a former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister has plead guilty to fraud over $5,000 for overspending almost $468,000 in public money that was found by auditor general John Noseworthy. Some notable purchases include hockey tickets, building supplies, and artwork that were all deemed personal expenditures...Ouch!

Monday, January 19th, 2009 
A report into the Department of Defence found that in 2007 12 military equipment projects that total $7.3 billion are "high risk", over budget and late. This audit comes at a time when the Department is asking for billions of dollars for new projects...Ouch!

Friday, January 16, 2009
The newly appointed senators will cost taxpayers an extra $57 million in wages ...Ouch!

Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Sikorsky helicopters, ordered by the Department of Defence in 2004 for $5 billion have caught another snag. The government announced that there is now $117-million in extra costs. These helicopters are planning to be fully capable in 2012...Ouch!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) gave $108,000 for the study of ice wine and $103,000 to a company that makes women's underwear in China...Ouch!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 
The Ottawa Citizen reported that the Current Ottawa transit strike has cost the city $280 million in lost retail sales, wages, and production...Ouch!

Monday, January 12, 2009 
La Presse reported that more than $98,000 and $171,000 was spent on opioid agonist in Bodeaux and Quebec prisons respectively. This drug is used to wean heroin addicts and 42% of inmates taking medication are on this drug. Other prescriptions include Cialis and Viagra...Ouch!

Friday, January 09, 2009 
The city of Calgary is spending over $1 million on art for a sewage treatment plant that is not located in Calgary...Ouch!

Thursday, January 08, 2009
A report entitled "Facts-on-the-Penny" revealed that the penny is now costing more than it is worth and has an annual cost of $816 million a year...Ouch!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009
The police investigation into allegations of fraud against the former Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault have completed and La Presse has learned that the Surete du Quebec and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified $400 000 of "Problematic" spending by Mrs. Thibault...Ouch!

Tuesday, January 06, 2009
MacLean's reported that the Federal Government House of Commons sat for a total of 93 days in 2008...Ouch!

Monday, January 05, 2009
British Columbia's Auditor General, John Doyle, reported that the B.C. government is short $170 million on reporting the costs of the Olympics...Ouch!