Of course they do. The difference is Conservatives typically give at least some value to the investments made with taxpayers money.
Lets just for the fun of it look at one Liberal Investment.
Lets just for fun look at several Conservative Investments:
-The Harper government has long been in hot water for building a $2-million tourism pavilion at the 2010 G8/G20 summit media centre in Toronto, which
infamously included a ‘fake lake’ that simulates Ontario’s cottage country. The Conservatives spent a record $1.1 billion hosting the events, including $160 million in hospitality, food, security, and infrastructure bills.
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Taxpayers fronted $47,000 for a 2010 Tory press conference during which then-Defence Minister Peter MacKay posed for a “hero shot” in a fake F-35 fighter jet built by manufacturer Lockheed Martin, which was brought in from Texas for the special event.
-Since 2012, the Conservative government has spent more than
$1.3 million in legal fees trying to prevent new mothers who fell seriously ill during maternity leave from collecting disability benefits.
-Former International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda and Finance Minister Joe Oliver seem to share a taste for costly coolers, provided taxpayers are footing the bill. In 2011,
Oda expensed a $16-glass of orange juice and a $1,995-stay in the swanky Savoy Hotel during a government trip to London, England, where she also hired a limousine to cart her around at a cost of nearly $1,000 per day.
-In 2012,
Agriculture Canada gave $826,000 to Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd. in Brampton, Ont. to help produce “a higher quality sausage that is more resistant to splitting or bursting while cooking.”
At the time, Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell), said investing in a less explosive sausage was congruent with government objectives of improving “jobs, growth, and long-term prosperity.”
-In 2015,
taxpayers fronted a $4.5-million bill to buy brand new dress uniforms for Canadian soldiers and naval officers after the Harper government announced a return to World War II-era ranks and insignia.
The changes were mocked by many who wondered why the feds would revert to a system that went out of use in 1968 — “almost 20 years before the last soldier to die in Afghanistan was even born,” the CBC reported.
NDP defence critic Jack Harris criticized the government for wasteful spending on style while the needs of veterans and current military were not being met.
-In 2013,
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) spent nearly $14,000 on a survey that asked Canadians whether superheroes could fly, leap over skyscrapers, see through walls, become invisible and hear whispers from miles away.
The study was completed by Toronto researcher M. Afzal Upal, and designed to help the Canadian Forces “win the hearts and minds” of local populations when deployed overseas.
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Taxpayers forked out at least $45,000 for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s 2011 Labour Day weekend trip to Manhattan, which included pricey New York Yankees tickets and a Broadway show. Harper was accompanied by his daughter Rachel, four staffers, and guests. Documents obtained by the CBC under Access to Information revealed a portion of the excursion’s costs — $34,633 for the use of the Challenger Jet and another $11,026 for the expenses of staff.
When you hear the phrase all politicians are alike, in many ways that is true.
