The federal government overstated its public estimates from last summer about the costs of recycling by 10 times as it defended a decision to dump hundreds of top quality workstations in favour of new furniture at an Environment Canada building under renovations, newly released correspondence has revealed.
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The federal government's preference to buy new office furniture for its bureaucrats instead of reusing what it already had is based on a "huge guess," suggests internal correspondence released in the wake of a recent recycling controversy at Environment Canada.
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The Syrian embassy in Ottawa was vandalized overnight when the front of the building was sprayed with red paint.
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The Public Works and Government Services Department deliberately withheld information from taxpayers that cast doubt on its explanation about replacing quality workstations at an Environment Canada building with brand new furniture, officials told their minister, Rona Ambrose, in a newly released memorandum.
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Even if federal departments heed Tony Clement’s warning not to spend, there’s no promise of rewards for good behavior
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There were disappointed murmurings as a ticket holder from the Ottawa area walked away the grand prize winner in the Ultimate Dream Home lottery. But Gloucester's Joyce Fournier is surely thrilled.[...]
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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said Toronto may be a filmmaking centre, but Ottawa should be able to attract outside productions and grow the local industry.
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OTTAWA - Canadian retail sales put in a strong showing in November, rising a better than expected 0.3 per cent to $38.7 billion.
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Loonie Gains after Canada’s December Leading Indicators Beat Estimates
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Janet Ruiz of Sacramento, Calif., has been chosen as the winner of the 2011 Taylor Morrison $20,000 Ultimate Home Tailgate Party.
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