Thursday, July 30, 2009
A review of 26,000 emergency calls in Toronto saw that response time was down 53 seconds due to the city strike.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The Saskatchewan Party government of Premier Brad Wall has commissioned a $1-million study to determine whether a domed stadium is feasible in Regina. That follows a $70,000 public report recommending it. The province has said public funding for any new stadium would not come from general tax revenues.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
From the Winnipeg Sun: It is ironic Gail Asper is on a quest to build a museum for human rights while simultaneously ignoring the plight of taxpayers who have to foot most of the bill. Asper said she wanted another $10 million of taxpayer money to help pay for a $45-million shortfall in funding.
Monday, July 27, 2009
The Toronto city workers strike has come to an end after 35 days. However, getting the city back to normal will be a huge task, one that is expected to take several weeks before everything is running normally.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
From today’s Ottawa Sun: Canadians may be staying closer to home this summer as the recession takes its toll, but that’s not stopping many of Canada’s parliamentarians from travelling the world at taxpayers’ expense.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The head of infection control at Mount Sinai Hospital, unencumbered by the politics of managing public opinion, says more Torontonians will die from swine flu because 1,800 health department workers are on strike.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
CTF learned that new small "canopy" over the Legislative Building's wheelchair ramp cost taxpayers $175,000.
Monday, July 20, 2009
BC Rail's CEO made a $275,000 base salary in 2008. With perks, including a bonus, the total was $494,182.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
eHealth Canada paid a team of consultants $300 an hour to design business cards. Then charged taxpayers for processing the order for the business cards and yet another bill a week later charged citizens for "revising a message to all staff on new business cards."
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Ontario’s MPP’s disclosed their transportation and accomodation expenses, and office and staffing expenses for the year ending March 31st. For the 107 MPP’s the average came out to $254,673.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Kevin Mahoney, president and CEO of the provincially owned B.C. Railway Co has an annual compensation of $494,182 for 2008. What makes his salary the most curious among the elite earners is that he is paid this extraordinary sum for running an entity that I would guess most British Columbians assume no longer exists, since the Liberals sold most of the assets to CN Railway several years back.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Montreal taxpayers are going to pay more than double what a consultant’s study told city hall it would cost to purchase and install water meters. Quoted at $34 million the meters are not costing almost $32 million plus tax.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Canada's federal deficit will balloon to a cumulative $155.9 billion over the next five years, and the nation will remain in the red until at least 2014.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Green party in Nova Scotia accepted and possibly squandered as much as $300,000 in Nova Scotia provincial funding. However, we don’t know if the money was well spent or blown because the party is two full months behind in filing its financial returns.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
A man who was stabbed in the buttock with a plastic weapon while serving a three-year prison sentence for robbery won $12,000 from Correctional Services of Canada for not providing adequette security.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Half of Canadian Forces armored military vehicles in Afghanistan are currently inoperable.
