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Report Says National Capital Commission Recklessly Squanders Taxpayer’s Dollars

Behind Closed Doors: Unraveling the Truth of Canada’s Official Residences A saga of financial incompetence, lavishness, squand, excess and contradiction by the National Capital Commission (NCC) has come to light as the nation’s official residences come under scrutiny. The NCC narrative of “underfunding” for these residences has been cast aside

Bank of Canada and CMHC Bonuses Total $145 Million for Just 3 Years

The CMHC joins the Bank of Canada by awarding bonus pay for underperformance. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is Canada’s federal crown corporation responsible for administering the National Housing Act, with the mandate to improve housing living conditions in the country. The CMHC is “driven by one goal: housing

Tiff Macklem Awards Generous Bonuses While Canadians Struggle to Buy Groceries

In 1984 former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney described the excesses of Liberal patronage of the day, saying, “There’s no whore like an old whore.” Almost 40 years later, there is no better line to perfectly describe the infuriating and deplorable information that has come to light showing Bank of Canada

PSAC Raiding Public Purse with Non-Wage Benefit Demands

By Ryan Thorpe It’s longer than the bill for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s groceries. And much more costly. Shift premiums for working past 4 p.m. A $17,000 education fund for laid-off staff. Extra hours at double time. Mandatory unconscious bias training. And taxpayer-funded contributions to a union-controlled “social justice fund.”

Ottawa’s grand boulevard: Vision or nightmare

By Jeannie Dempster In the mid-1800s, Parisian architects redesigned the entire city, replacing the twisty medieval streets with long, wide boulevards. Given the many violent uprisings of that era, the military favored the new roads, for they provided a much better view down the gun barrel at the angry mobs storming
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