Global Affairs Canada goes on real estate spending spree, taxpayers foot the bill
“And if Canadians aren’t getting real value, then it’s time to sell off properties so taxpayers can recoup some of this money"
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Ryan Thorpe, Investigative Journalist—— Bio and Archives--December 12, 2024
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- Official residences in other countries: $38 million.
- Properties in Afghanistan abandoned to the Taliban: $41 million.
- Vacant land in Senegal: $12.5 million.
- A chancery in Ukraine: $10.2 million.
Those are some of the holdings in Global Affairs Canada’s real estate portfolio, which has cost taxpayers $186 million in the past 10 years alone.
All told, Global Affairs Canada owns more than 400 properties in more than 70 countries, according to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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