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The Canadian government’s most controversial spending of taxpayers’ money

Canada's most controversial spending
City of Toronto's Euchregate crackdown – hundreds of hours of bureaucrats' time
A stay at the Savoy – $1,995
Star Trek jackets – $4,340
Email a tree – $7,000
Superheroes survey – $14,000
Surveys on Canadian views of the Senate – $15,000
Office fish pond – $20,000
Embassy cushions – $24,638
$20 bank notes – $40,000
Baseball trip – $45,000
Fighter jet photo call – $47,313
Signal Hill Fence – $65,000
Ministerial Twitter account – $100,000
Giant rubber duck – $120,000
New Brunswick's graffiti artist plan – $130,000
Yukon's 'Gold Rush II' initiative – $139,000
Red Couch Tour – $155,000
Doughnut deep freeze – $190,000
Engage Nova Scotia – $200,000
Collapsed Bridge – $340,000
Snakes and ladders – $416,000
Subway art – $500,000
Non-split sausages – $826,000
Firefighters' union – $1.4 million
Trudeau trip – $1.66 million
Tourism pavilion – $1.9 million
Disused hemp plant – $5 million
Ferry service – $6 million
Ice skating rink – $8.2 million
L'Atelier du Joël Robuchon – $11 million
Nanaimo cruise ship terminal – $24 million
Montreal ePrix – $34 million
Phoenix pay system – $1 billion
Ontario Fair Hydro Plan – $39 billion
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Canada's most controversial spending

From a colossally expensive presidential trip to a pointless fence, a faulty bridge, and an enormous rubber duck, you’ll be amazed at some of the ways the Canadian government has frittered away taxpayers’ cash. Click or scroll through for our roud-up of the most jaw-dropping wastes of money by federal, provincial and municipal government. All figures are in Canadian dollars.
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Natalie Marchant

11 December 2020

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