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Originally Posted by supafamous
This is so true - gov't can't even buy their staff dinner for a Xmas party for fear that some (nut job) taxpayer will lose their shit over the perks they get. I hear my gov't friends talk about this a lot - everything is scrutinised by someone and that someone doesn't care about reason or nuance. Meanwhile I recall spending $3300USD for 10 people to have steaks in Chicago on a business trip in 2015 and no one batted an eye - SFU, OTOH, wouldn't let me expense the beer I had in Helsinki while on business.
Maybe to clarify a point or maybe expand the topic - I think "gov't" means different things to different people. Do you think of BC Ferries, Translink, BC Hydro and ICBC as "gov't" or as "public sector"? It's easy to criticise federal and provincial gov'ts as they cover so much territory and are so far away but when I look at our local public sector agencies I see mostly well run organisations dealing with challenging problems (lack of resources, funding, aging infrastructure, constant unwarranted criticism). Try doing your private sector job when anyone can go to the news about the work you do and every expense report is fodder for the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation.
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Yep, I have a few friends that work for CoV. Their Xmas party? Team members paid out of their own pocket, on their own time LOL
I personally don't see public crown corps as government work, tho I've never worked in those orgs. From friends' accounts, it sounds like they're a lot more lenient on expensing things than the actual muni/provincial/federal gov bodies and the org is structured more like a privately corp.
Here's another example of making sure money is spent appropriately.
Private companies can use the CRA's prescribed rate for kilometric write-offs - the prescribed rate is a lot higher ($0.72 for first 5000km, then $0.66 following) than what the National Council says I can expense ($0.60/km).
https://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/s3/en
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