$4,350 vs $5,200,000,000
One veteran. Two graphics cards. The entire government analyzed.
Here's the receipt.
$4,350
TENET5 — Total Cost
269 pages • OSINT + public records
vs
$5.2B
Phoenix Pay — Still Broken
1,195,402× more expensive • still doesn't work • 290,000 employees affected
WHAT $4,350 BUYS
269
Investigation Pages
7M+
Records Analyzed
268K
Offshore Entities
3
AI Models Running
THE RECEIPT
$1,800
Consumer processing hardware
$700
Consumer desktop CPU
$250
Workstation memory
$200
Workstation storage
$800
Motherboard + PSU + Case + Cooling
$600
Electricity (1 year est.)
$0
GitHub Pages Hosting
$0
Cloud AI / Software Licenses
TOTAL: $4,350 CAD
THEIR SPENDING
| Program | Cost | × TENET5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Pay System | $5,200,000,000 | 1,195,402× | Still broken. 290K employees affected. |
| Federal AI Strategy | $2,400,000,000 | 551,724× | Announced. Not built. |
| Shared Services Canada | $2,700,000,000/yr | 620,690× | Annual IT budget. Results: Phoenix. |
| Canada Digital Service | $80,000,000/yr | 18,391× | Digital transformation. Still on paper. |
| ArriveCAN | $59,500,000 | 13,678× | COVID questionnaire. 76% no work done. |
| Rideau Hall Barn | $8,000,000 | 1,839× | A barn. At the Governor General's. |
| Signal Hill Fence | $65,000 | 15× | Stood for 7 days. |
| TENET5 | $4,350 | 1× | 269 pages. AI analysis. Running now. |
THE POINT
If one disabled veteran with two graphics cards can analyze the entire government for $4,350, what exactly are they spending billions on?
The answer is not technology. The answer is contracts. Contracts to consultants who subcontract to other consultants who deliver systems that don't work. The procurement system is the product. The spending is the feature.
And when someone builds the actual thing for the price of a used car, it exposes the entire machinery as a fraud.
The answer is not technology. The answer is contracts. Contracts to consultants who subcontract to other consultants who deliver systems that don't work. The procurement system is the product. The spending is the feature.
And when someone builds the actual thing for the price of a used car, it exposes the entire machinery as a fraud.
SOURCES
Phoenix Pay: Auditor General, Parliamentary Budget Office • ArriveCAN: AG Performance Audit 2024 • AI Strategy: Budget 2024 • SSC: Main Estimates • CDS: TBS Annual Reports • Signal Hill: AG Report • Rideau Hall: NCC Financial Statements • TENET5: actual purchase receipts
Primary records on this file.
$4,350 vs $5,200,000,000. A TENET5 public-record file — open the primary sources cited on this page before treating any figure as settled.