A number of federal offices paid a total of over $23,000 over more than three years to a think tank chaired by former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, according to a report.
The Liberal cabinet in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons said that 11 separate federal departments and agencies paid the Ottawa-based non-profit organization Canada 2020 $23,592 in sponsorships and conference fees between Jan. 1, 2019, and Oct. 26, 2022, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
The figures were requested by Conservative MP Laila Goodridge.
“With regard to government interactions with and expenditures related to Canada 2020, since January 1, 2019, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity … what are the details of all expenditures?” she asked in the House on Dec. 13, 2022….