The Ledger
Documented Financial Failures — Running Total
CERB/Pandemic Benefits — Unverified Recipients
$32B paid to unverified recipients including deceased individuals and fraudulent identities. Standard verification deliberately waived.
AG Report →Phoenix Pay System — Total Cost of Failure
Original estimate: $309M. Actual cost: $9.3B+. 216,000 transactions still backlogged. Won't be fixed until 2031.
Full analysis →Budget 2025 Projected Deficit
Finance Minister Champagne's "Canada Strong" budget projects $78.3B deficit on $585.9B in expenditures. Deficit target 2029-30: $56.6B.
Fiscal data →MAID — Palliative Care Costs Avoided
76,475 deaths × $20,685 savings per death vs. palliative care. The healthcare system saved $1.58B by administering death instead of care.
MAID economics →ArriveCAN — Procurement Fraud
COVID questionnaire outsourced to 2-person firm. 76% of subcontractors did no work. AG found systematic procurement failures.
Full analysis →Top 102 MAID Physicians — Provider Payments
102 physicians earned $18M from MAID billing. Average 373 deaths each. 428 regulatory violations, zero police referrals.
Provider data →Brookfield Maple Fund — Federal Investment Request
PM Carney's former employer pitched a $50B infrastructure fund to the government he now leads. $10B directly requested from federal treasury.
Brookfield analysis →RUNNING TOTAL
Documented from official government sources. Does not include unmeasured waste, hidden costs, or long-term economic damage.
Per-Capita Impact
~$2,500 per Canadian.
$103B ÷ 41M population = approximately $2,500 per person.
A family of four: ~$10,000 in documented government failure costs.
This does not include unmeasured waste, opportunity costs, or the economic damage
from institutional dysfunction.