Friday, October 24, 2008
Elections Canada has run up a bill of more than $517,000 in its dispute with the Conservative party over advertising expenses for the 2006 election campaign ... Ouch!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
With the 2008 election in the books a new group of MP's have gained access to the legendary pension and severance program. This election, 65 members were defeated or retired, totaling a current yearly pension value of $3,451,815 along with severance packages of $2,282,272 for this year...Ouch!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A Canadian Revenue Agency project that attempted to prioritize tax-collection originally had a budget of $2.5 million. This budget ballooned to $147 million over five years ...Ouch!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Elections Canada has reported that each by-election would cost an average of $892,000 per riding. Thus up to $3.5 million in taxpayers' money could have been wasted in the by-elections before the 2008 general election was called...Ouch!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Elections Canada has run up a bill of more than $517,000 in its dispute with the Conservative party over advertising expenses for the 2006 election campaign...Ouch!
Friday, October 24, 2008
The Ottawa Sun reported on Friday, October 24, 2008 that the Governor General, Michaëlle Jean has cost the taxpayers $843,461 on flights in 18 months...Ouch!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Western Economic Diversification Canada has given $23,950,000 in just over 2 years to the Mounted Police Heritage Centre in non-repayable grants...Ouch!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The 2006-2007 Annual report financial review for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports $914 million in parliamentary appropriation funding along with $60 million in non-recurring funding for programming initiatives that it has been receiving every year since at least 2003...Ouch!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Toronto Star reported on Monday, October 20, 2008 that the Toronto Transit Commission is switching back to diesel powered buses from the diesel-electric buses due to the buses requiring more maintenance and being less reliable. This is after Ottawa gave the TTC $305.5 million to buy the newer, more environmentally friendly buses...Ouch!
Monday, October 20, 2008
David Emerson was first elected in 2004 in the Vancouver Kingsway constituency. He retired in 2008 and received a severance of $115, 961...Ouch!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Omar Alghabra was elected in 2006 and defeated in 2008. For this, he will receive a severance package of $77,700...Ouch!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
In 2006-2007 the Trillium Foundation gave $51,700 to the Barrie Gun Club Inc....Ouch!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Ethel Blondin-Andrew was a minister of State for 18 years, received a severance package $35,583 has an annual pension value of $137,820 that will be worth $3,762,346 by the time she is 75...Ouch!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The 2006 general election had a total cost of $270 million...Ouch!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Jack Layton has promised to implement a child care plan worth $6 billion by 2012...Ouch!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The NDP platform promises to implement the Atlantic Accord that would make the revenues from offshore oil refinery void from the calculation of equalization payments. This would cost $10 billion...Ouch!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Conservative platform plans for $2.8 billion in new spending over 4 years...Ouch!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Stephane Dion has promised a 20-year education endowment fund worth $25 billion. In addition to this Dion has proposed a plan to help support the indirect costs of university-based research by $500 million a year...Ouch!
Monday, October 06, 2008
Elizabeth May has proposed a carbon tax as well as an increase in the GST to increase taxes by $22.5 billion over 4 years...Ouch!
Friday, October 03, 2008
Stephen Harper has pledged to provide employment insurance programs to the self-employed for a cost of $150 million per year...Ouch!
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Stephane Dion pledged to spend more than $70 billion over the next 10 years to improve Canada's infrastructure if his party is elected to form a government...Ouch!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Stephen Harper has promised $25 million on culture spending through a commercial-free arts and culture channel in Quebec...Ouch!
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