Federal Gun Registry - $2 billion
Official Bilingualism - (another) $750 million
"Queen" Adrienne - $19 million
Sheila Copps "free" flags - $15.2 million
Leaky, combustable used submarines - swap for land lease in Alberta.
Search and rescue helicopters for crashed Snowbirds at 15 Wing Moose Jaw - $0
(Currently shopping for: tattoo equipment for Federal Prisons; new money launderers advertising agencies... )
Right on! CTV reported today that it took rescuers 47 minutes to reach the crashed Snowbird - because they had to travel by truck, seeing as how they had NO HELICOPTERS!
Posted by: Bill at December 13, 2004 7:41 PMActually, the "rescue team" met the local ambulance on the way in. They had already picked up the injured pilot, on a call by a resident from the area.
Don't know if they thought to wave.
Posted by: Kate at December 13, 2004 7:59 PMThese days Canada seems to be on the same page as San Francisco......OK you have a budget line item for tatoo machine..........but is the Canadian taxpayer footing the bill for sex change operations for inmates in prison yet?
Posted by: Maggie at December 15, 2004 6:20 PMActually, Maggie - something tells me they are.
Posted by: Kate at December 15, 2004 6:59 PM