Liberals think that Canada is OK about spending taxpayer money as if it’s their own. Actually, maybe it is their own. I mean if Canadians give them tacit permission to do this, then it’s all good, right? I would think so.
MONTREAL – Sitting in a private box in Ottawa’s Corel Centre, Mario Parent watched dozens of Ottawa Senators hockey games, three days of circus performances, Neil Diamond in concert, and professional wrestling.
Taxpayers didn’t know it but they were footing the bill for Parent’s time—414 hours at $150 per hour, for a grand total of $62,100 in 1998 and 1999, with the money coming from the federal sponsorship program, the Gomery commission heard Tuesday.
The inquiry was also told the federal government secretly paid at least $133,000 to rent a Corel Centre box for two seasons, plus tens of thousands of dollars in catering costs. That money, too, came from the sponsorship fund, according to documents cited at the inquiry.
Parent worked for Gosselin Communications, the public relations firm whose name was on the box rental.
Company president Gilles-Andre Gosselin told the inquiry he was working under the orders of Charles Guite, a former bureaucrat who at the time ran the sponsorship program. Gosselin said Guite told him to hide box costs in a sponsorship deal the federal government signed with the Ottawa Senators hockey club to promote Canada at the arena.
[… Read the rest (1 minute) …]
I wish we knew more about what Liberals spend our money on. We already know there’s a national taxpayer-funded abortion program which personally offends me beyond anything I can explain here, but I mean the things that Canadian people in general care about. Oh sorry—seems a bit of an oxymoron there.
PTBC was founded by Mr. Johannesen in 2000.
Contact Mr. Johannesen about this article using this form. Please refer to article's title.
FOLLOW @JoelJohannesen ON X!
- State-Funding of Sports Boondoggles Need To Be Sent To The Penalty Box - Wednesday March 13, 2024 at 4:44 pm
- I’m from the government and I’m here to help you become barely mediocre like us. - Tuesday March 5, 2024 at 11:53 am
- Big-Ass Government makes Big-Ass Blunder - Friday March 1, 2024 at 12:36 pm
