A federal court has awarded $6,000 to an inmate because Corrections Canada did not buy him a $125 pair of shoes. Instead of the $125 pair of shoes the inmate was given Brooks shoes due to budget cuts. The inmate insisted they did not fit and refused the new pair of shoes. The inmate then hurt his knee and took Corrections Canada to court ... Ouch!The Canadian New Media Fund is a national program which supports the creation and the distribution of interactive digital cultural content products. Kenny v Spenny is a television show that features two best friends who compete against each other. Their competitions are “ridiculous, immature and totally intense.” One of the competitions was titled “who can keep a dump in their pants the longest”. This show received $328,000 from the Canadian New Media Fund from April 2007 to September 2008 … Ouch!
A vote to eliminate the distribution of alcohol to homeless people for a savings of $60,000 failed by a vote of 32-11 in Toronto … Ouch!
These are but three examples of government waste that were listed this week by a publication of the National Citizen's Coalition. I hope I didn't get your week off to a bad start with this. $85 billion more of this and our economy will be fixed for sure.
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Oh my gosh... are you sure you're speaking of Canada and not the U.S.?
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