Ottawasted

No. 142 · MAY 21, 2026

Real federal contracts. You decide: worth it?

You Paid For This?!

$262.8K

$262,827

AAAAA GLM GmbH

for Global Affairs Canada

≈ $262K = 1 year's salary for 4 nurses

Was this worth it?

The Big-Ticket Item

$5.19B

$5,188,354,181

Irving Shipbuilding Inc

for National Defence

$5.2B could pay 10,000 RCMP officers for 5 years.

Was this worth it?

You Won't Believe This

$1.13M

$1,129,991

Microsoft Canada Inc

for National Defence

≈ $1.13M = annual salary for 15 IT professionals

Was this worth it?

The Final Edition

Hold the presses

Your ballot isn't in yet

Rule on all three contracts, then we'll print how you stack up against Canada.

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