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Podcast: The Andrew Lawton Show
Episode: Sex toys, bus blankets, and beef carpaccio – a year in government waste
Description: Of the few certainties in the world, one is that government spending, left unchecked, will continue to grow. 2023 was no exception, with the Canadian government getting bigger than ever and Canadian taxpayers footing the bill. In this year-end edition of the show, Andrew Lawton checks in with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's Kris Sims and Franco Terrazzano on the worst and zaniest examples of taxpayer waste before taking in the bigger picture of how the bureaucracy gets so out of hand in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices