$1.4 Million Investigation into Missing Mint Gold Busted by Taxpayer.com

Researchers at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) have busted the Royal Canadian Mint for the cost of its investigation into $15.3 million of “missing gold”.  Using Access to Information requests, the CTF found that the total cost of the investigation – which concluded that the gold was in fact not missing – was $1,374,846.
Earlier reports [...]

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February 23, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  Comments Closed

Jennifer Lynch & “Human Rights” Commission Busted by Taxpayer.com

• $10,400 wasted on a 2008 trip to Geneva
• $10,300 on a 2008 trip to Dublin and Copenhagen
• $8,893 squandered on airfare alone for a 2008 trip to Malaysia
• $8,323 blown on a 2007 trip to Geneva
• $7,140 minimum on a 2008 trip Vienna, of which the actual figures are not yet released
Canada’s chief censorship bureaucrat Jennifer Lynch has been [...]

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December 16, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  6 Comments

National Film Board Busted by Taxpayer.com

A high-flying movie bureaucrat has been caught in the act through Access to Information & Privacy (ATIP) requests by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  The request revealed that the top bureaucrat at the National Film Board (NFB) used taxpayers’ money loosely while traveling abroad for purposes that are potentially dubious to begin with.
NFB Commissioner and Chairperson [...]

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October 13, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  One Comment

Senator’s Gold Plated Pension Busted by Taxpayers Federation

From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
$57,000/Year Golden Handshake for Senator Joan Cook
While Liberal Senator Joan Cook celebrated her 75th birthday, taxpayers were mourning that they are on the hook for her $57,000/year pension according to calculations by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).  Constitutionally forced to retire on her October 6th birthday, the Senator will no [...]

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October 9, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  One Comment

Busted! Giant Red Ball Funded by Taxpayers

Days ago, Luminato “artists” were paid big bucks – courtesy of the Canadian taxpayer – to inflate a giant red ball in Toronto.  Check out this video, where government funded hippies get ‘busted’.

*From taxpayerblog.com

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June 19, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Blog Content  Comments Closed