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Maintenance costs ‘over the top’
OTTAWA — How many federal contract workers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Not clear, but they charged the government $5,266 to install six potlights and $1,000 to replace a light switch.
Details of costly charges racked up by a government contractor were splashed across two pages in Montreal’s La Presse on Wednesday.
Profac, a subsidiary of corporate giant SNC-Lavalin, has had a $550-million annual maintenance and management contract with Ottawa since 2004 that was recently extended to 2013.
Victoria war vets win reprieve from B.C. government eviction
Federal government asking for public input on random breathalyzer tests
Mont. governor seeks federal permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for state programs
Two men fished out of Toronto harbour may have been drinking, police say
Toronto anesthesiologist charged with sexual assault of three patients
Boy, 15, facing assault charge after discovery of Saskatchewan woman's body
Calgary grocery store hit by food tampering for third time since January
Quebec moves closer to offering free in vitro fertilization treatments
Toronto anesthesiologist charged with sexual assault of three patients
US asks for more time to move ahead or drop case against Canadian HGH doctor’s assistant
S.W.Ont. doctor who performed mistaken mastectomies has privileges restored
Other provinces leery about withholding public services due to religious garb
Ont. tax collectors looking at $45,000 severance but won't lose jobs
Harper government voices rare criticism of Israel over settlement expansion
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