Your Wasteful, Greedy and Unaccountable Government and You

We are compelled to pay taxes.

We have no choice.

And, for some reason, the government is not compelled to give account for all of the money it wastes:

Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged to “spend less on government operations and reduce waste.” But newly released federal records show that he is also on track to spend more on the Privy Council Office (PCO) than his predecessor.

According to the Privy Council Office’s 2026-2027 Departmental plan : “For 2026-27, PCO’s total planned spending is $252,265,293, with 1,246 planned full-time equivalent staff.”

This eclipses the figure of $251,744,189 that was spent during Trudeau’s final full year in office, to the tune of more than half a million dollars.

Staffing in the PCO was on the rise for several years, from 1,180 full-time equivalent staff in 2020 to 1,333 in 2024. It fell in 2025 to an estimated 1,249. The newest report says the plan is to lower those numbers further, to 1,145 by 2028.

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I took 2015-2025 CDN financial data, made individual files for all payments by year, purpose, Ministry, recipient, then merged them into one file, and merged them into single sums

From 2015 to 2025 Brookfield companies received $900 million from Canadian taxpayers https://t.co/xuyA4JPz0K pic.twitter.com/m15eIF0WBY

— The Reclamare (@TheReclamare) December 29, 2025

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I can explain it.

It's called wasting money:

The federal government says it cannot provide a breakdown of $78,273 in travel and living expenses tied to Canada’s foreign interference inquiry commissioner, according to a newly released response to Parliament.

The spending relates to the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, led by Commissioner Marie‑Josée Hogue.

In an order paper question, Conservative MP Kelly McCauley asked the government to provide a detailed breakdown of $78,273 in travel and living costs listed in the 2025 Public Accounts for the inquiry.

The question requested specifics including transportation costs, accommodation, meals, per diems, security-related travel costs, the dates the expenses were incurred, and the purpose of each trip.

But in its response, the Privy Council Office said it does not have that information.

“The Privy Council Office does not have a detailed breakdown of travel and living costs,” the reply states.

According to the government, travel expenses for Hogue were processed through the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada, which verifies judges’ eligible expenses and then requests reimbursement from the Privy Council Office.

Because the costs were processed through that system, the government said it cannot provide the detailed accounting requested by MPs.