Stress balls, charcuterie boards and climate change card games: inside the feds' branded merch shopping spree

Pizzaizza cutters and webcam covers. Credit card sleeves and survival knives. Bookmarks and ballpoint pens. Toiletry bags and licence plate frames. Polo shirts and unisex quilted vests.

It appears there is no product the feds won’t brand with the logo of a department or emblazon with the motto of a Crown corporation, and no price too high for the privilege.

“It’s like the government had a contest to see which department could come up with the dumbest way to spend taxpayers’ money and they all won,” Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director, said. “This is what happens when you have too many bureaucrats with too much money and time on their hands.”