▲ 88 ▼ ‘It’s ridiculous’: Saskatoon’s $300K plastic rock sculptures spark debate over public art spending (www.ctvnews.ca) submitted 3 weeks ago by ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments Interesting how the final price of the 'art' was just under the total budget for artworks. I wonder how that happened?
[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Who are they? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mPony@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) their own website describes themselves thus: "The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit citizen’s group dedicated to lower taxes, less waste and accountable government." Google's AI vomited up a description involving the words "a real, legally incorporated non-profit advocacy organization, but critics and journalists debate its claim of being strictly "non-partisan". Actual reality indicates they're a right-wing think tank that masquerades as non-partisan, rallying against any government spending that doesn't directly benefit petroleum producers or big business interests, and suspiciously staying silent on a 75 million dollar boondoggle involving business people closely related to members of the Alberta provincial government. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/25/opinion/canadian-taxpayer-federation-convenient-double-standard So much for their policy of "accountable government." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago That is essentially why I asked. If it was some sort of right wing organization my first few Google search results might not be entirely accurate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mPony@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) their own website describes themselves thus: "The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit citizen’s group dedicated to lower taxes, less waste and accountable government." Google's AI vomited up a description involving the words "a real, legally incorporated non-profit advocacy organization, but critics and journalists debate its claim of being strictly "non-partisan". Actual reality indicates they're a right-wing think tank that masquerades as non-partisan, rallying against any government spending that doesn't directly benefit petroleum producers or big business interests, and suspiciously staying silent on a 75 million dollar boondoggle involving business people closely related to members of the Alberta provincial government. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/25/opinion/canadian-taxpayer-federation-convenient-double-standard So much for their policy of "accountable government." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago That is essentially why I asked. If it was some sort of right wing organization my first few Google search results might not be entirely accurate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago That is essentially why I asked. If it was some sort of right wing organization my first few Google search results might not be entirely accurate. permalink fedilink source parent