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Seems like Gregory Thomas of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is really after MacKay.
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Jed said:Kind of makes the 30K spent on the Ozon's room at the the Petawawa Mess in the early 90's seem like small potatoes.
Spelled "Ozon's" they'd never find it >ArmyVern said:Just need to point that out before the media viewing this thread feel the need to run and file ATI requests....
Journeyman said:$3.74K for renos for 2 x Senior Exec plus a support staff of seven, including a secure conference room (possibly, although not likely TEMPEST).
"Tempest" -- that's the word I was looking for -- "tempest in a tea cup." :boring:
Journeyman said:Spelled "Ozon's" they'd never find it >
:facepalm:dapaterson said:Journeymath: $3.74K = $3,740.
Journeyman said::boring:
Bit in yellow, methinks, isn't a fair comparison because companies can do what they want with their money based on what owners and/or shareholders can live with, as opposed to the Canadian tax dollar used here.E.R. Campbell said:Reminds me a bit of the (in my opinion) slanderous attacks made in a (little read) book called Tarnished Brass about the renovations referred to as being made to that office in 1992.
I have not been near the DM's office since the mid 1990s, but then, just after the renovations which so horrified a journalist, it was less lavish than the suites of one of two other deputy ministers which I had also visited and far, far less palatial than the offices of a few senior business executives with which I was also familiar.
Office renovations on the 13th floor of Fort Fumble are expensive, in part, because the work has to be done in a manner which causes minimal disruption to the (important) work that is being done up there. I hope that only high quality furnishings and decor were used because some really important people come to visit Mr. Fonberg and part of their impression of the quality of Canada and DND and the CF is how they perceived the DM's office.
ArmyVern said:He's young (I hope).
But yes Willie, this is all Much Ado About Nothing.
Scribd.com, the document-sharing site where the Briefing Note is posted, tends to get firewalled on GoC computers, but I don't think it's because of naughty content.CountDC said:;D couldn't access the link on the CBC site as security says it falls in the category of Pornography/Adult Content.
Grapeshot said:The briefing note used to justify the project was a joke. Based on what has been published, it looks like contract splitting was done! However, I'm sure that the DM had the authority to both order the renovations and sign the contract. After all, the Financial Administration Act would not apply as he is too important.
milnews.ca said:Scribd.com, the document-sharing site where the Briefing Note is posted, tends to get firewalled on GoC computers, but I don't think it's because of naughty content.