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Former PM, GAC's $51K-per-month booze bill tops annual gov't waste awards

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Global Affairs Canada’s $ 51K -per-month booze bill, a $ 65 K phone line to call a river, and a $ 77 K provincial government travel junket that resulted in travel ads insisting Saint John was New Brunswick's capital.

Calgary won in the municipal waste category for the city's $ 65,000 phone line that allowed residents to listen to a recording of the Bow River .

Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau snagged the federation's lifetime achievement award.

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