July 2008 - Ouch Archive
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Social Studies and Humanities Research Council, designed to advance knowledge and build understanding, gave a $67,140 grant for the research into "Pioneer Sex: Sexuality's Desolate Frontiers, Past and Present"... Ouch!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Adrienne Clarkson went on a three-week "Quest for a Modern North Tour" in 2003 to Russia, Finland, and Iceland with 22 staff members and 59 luminaries costing $1,000,000 … Ouch!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Public Employee Tom Parkinson was making $1,500,000 a year as CEO of Hydro One when it was discovered that he used the company helicopter to visit his private cottage. He voluntarily resigned and received a $3,000,000 severance package... Ouch!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Lucie McClung spent $142,000 traveling to Hong Kong, New Zealand, Brazil, Barbados and Europe as the correctional services chief. She also expensed her $500 annual fee and $9,000 of dining bills from the Rideau Club... Ouch!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Last year, Natural Resources Canada reported over 1,600 individual contracts for wireless services. These contracts composed of 900 Blackberries and 720 cell phones. It has been reported that one in five wireless devices is unnecessary and cost the Canadian taxpayers $500,000 per year....Ouch!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
In 2006 Senator Colin Kenny spent one week in a Dubai hotel for one meeting and the possibility of traveling to Afghanistan. The cost to taxpayers was $30,000......Ouch!
August 2008-Ouch Archives
Thursday, August 28, 2008
B.C.’s Gordon Campbell government has just approved pay raises for the provinces deputy ministers. The raises, ranging from $77,000 - $100,000 will cost British Columbia taxpayers about $4-million per year….OUCH!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The City of Toronto spent $853,000 on emergency shelter beds that went unused in 2004 … Ouch!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The city of Edmonton spent $30,000 to hire 30 actors from Washington, D.C. to hand out yo-yos in the U.S. capital on Canada Day … Ouch!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Paul Champagne was sued by the Department of National Defense for stealing more than $100,000,000 in a phony invoice scheme … Ouch!
Thursday. August 21, 2008
The Canadian Council for the Arts (Federal and Provincial) has given Cesar Saez $64,800 for his Big Banana in Space Project over Texas … Ouch!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Senate of Canada reported a cost for the fiscal year of 2005 to 2006 of $76,526,904 … Ouch!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Andy Mitchell lost in the 2006 election. He received a severance package of $106,750, a pension value of $95,350 that will build to be $2,900,750 by the time he turns 75, all for just 13 years of work … Ouch!
Monday, August 18, 2008
John Noseworthy revealed that $1,600,000 in excess expenses were filed by five provincial politicians, some of which went directly into there bank accounts … Ouch!
Friday, August 15, 2008
The Social Studies and Humanities Research Council – designed to advance knowledge, and build understanding for a vibrant and healthy democracy – gave a $90,000 grant for the research of “Perceptions of health effects and social implications of cannabis use among therapeutic and recreational cannabis consumers” … Ouch!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
In 2008 Bernard Lord produced a report on the state of bilingualism in the country. He did not say anything new to help the Canadian people for a cost of $65,000… Ouch!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The Federal Gun Registry has overrun its budget up to $1,000,000,000 … Ouch
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
A recent report by Informa Economics has concluded that last year the Canadian Wheat Board – a legalized monopoly - cost Canadian farmers up to $3 Billion … Ouch!
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Conservatives have recently announced a $2,000 grant to a UFO Festival to be held in Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia … Ouch!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Sen. Vivienne Poy missed 33 of 64 days in the senate; 18 of those absences were for illness and the rest were claimed as business. For her efforts she received $130,400 … Ouch!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Montreal roadwork crews were paid $22 an hour and spent 90 man hours filling 9 potholes with gravel. Total cost $1,980 … Ouch!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Former Toronto Catholic School Board Trustee Christine Nunziata placed trips to Cuba and the Dominican Republic, coffee from Tim Horton’s, Lingerie, and food expenses on the public bill ... Ouch!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The Social Studies and Humanities research Council gave a $37,082 grant for the study of “Hunters, bears, masculinity and the politics of identity in Ontario and France” … Ouch!
September 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Quebec City received $110 million for the 400th anniversary of French settlement and Newfoundland received $3 million for the 400th anniversary of English settlement … Ouch!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The City of Winnipeg spent $1,000,000 on a public toilet … Ouch!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Canadian Television Fund supports the production of “high quality Canadian television programs” and is funded by the Canadian federal government and cable companies. Last year the Canadian television fund gave $1,245,000 to “Webdreams III” that is a documentary that looks inside the world of internet pornography … Ouch!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Manitoba’s Rockwood Penitentiary Institution ran a pilot project to open tattoo parlors in jails for $700,000 … Ouch!
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