Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Prime Minister is renovating his house for $10,000,000.
Monday, March 30, 2009
From the CBC: A former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister (Jim Walsh) has earned more than $300,000 in salary for his job with a federal agency, even though he has not reported to work for well over two years.
Friday, March 27, 2009
The City of Toronto is handing out pre-paid Visa cards to people who pretend they’re homeless to test the efficiency of the city’s street-needs assessment.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Department of National Defence paid $270,000 for Rick Hillier’s retirement party that included $6,000 so he could ride out on a tank.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Today's Ouch is curtsey of Rob Ford, a counselor in Toronto who says he is "embarrassed" by other councilor's expenses that include French lessons, public speaking coaching, video cameras, Christmas party catering, a GPS unit for a car, and a $9.48 bottle of Advil...Ouch!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Macleans reported the Alberta government flew 65,000 km without a single passenger last year, just to get the planes in the "right" city...Ouch!
Friday, March 20, 2009
On New Year's Eve the French CBC network ran a series of racial satire jokes pertaining towards President Barack Obama. One example was Jean-Francois Mercier saying that having a black person in the White House "will make it much easier to shoot him" because of the colour contrast...Ouch!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Ontario MPP's are allotted 64 family travel points a year. Each point equals a taxpayer funded round trip to a family member of a MPP to Toronto from their riding. The definition of family has been expanded to include anyone designated by the politician. Before this expansion family travel cost $83,843 last year...Ouch!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
"As businesses lay off staff by the thousands, the City of Toronto is proposing a hiring spurt of 1,300 new staffers" (Toronto Star March 16th). This includes a BlackBerry specialist to give support for the 2,000 city staff BlackBerrys...Ouch!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The President of Canada Post, Moya Greene, has a maximum annual pay of $641,592...Ouch!
Monday, March 16, 2009
A vote to hire someone to go into crack-houses to talk to crack users and a vote for the home delivery of needles and crack kits passed by a vote of 23-5 in Toronto...Ouch!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
"Growing Op" is a movie based on a home-schooled child who wants to go to school but his pot growing parents won't let him. This movie received $891,684 of funding from the Canadian New Media Fund...Ouch!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Canadian Magazine Fund works to ensure the continued vibrancy of Canadian magazines and is committed to producing high-quality magazines showcasing the work of a wide cross-section of Canadian creators. Urban Male Magazine is "Canada’s only lifestyle and entertainment magazine for men" and features such wide variety as "UMM Babes", "UMM spotlight babes", "UMM Cover Babes", and "UNN feature Babes". For this supposed high-quality, UMM received $90,419 from the Canadian Magazine Fund...Ouch!
Monday, March 09, 2009
President Obama’s visit to Ottawa is expected to cost $3 million for security measures. That works out to more than $8,000 per minute of the visit...Ouch!
Friday, March 06, 2009
Hassan Almrei was detained for seven years without trail under terrorism charges. He is now under house arrest that will cost taxpayers $575,000 a year...Ouch!
Thursday, March 05, 2009
The Daily News reported on March 2, 2009 that the $75 million conference centre in Nanaimo is "grossly under-utilized". From March until December there are less than 15 multi-day bookings, 10 of them being the City of Nanaimo for council meetings and public hearings, where rental fees are charged to the taxpayers for the use of taxpayer property...Ouch!
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Ottawa Sun reported that 22 Correctional Service brass went on a two-day retreat to the luxurious Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa last fall. Done Head, the commissioner expensed $4,435...Ouch!
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
A Toronto City council vote to eliminate free golf passes for Councilors for savings of $15,000 failed...Ouch!
Monday, March 2, 2009
The public inquiry into the controversial business dealings between former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber will cost the taxpayers $14,000,000...Ouch!
