Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame Purchase

February 12, 2010

A former Canadian politician might have to do some creative dancing around following a probe into improper spending.

Former cabinet minister Len Goucher’s spending habits between 2006 and 2009, when he was Minister of Immigration, have come under scrutiny following a Nova Scotia probe into government expenditures. It’s claimed that Goucher spent $9,238 on electronic technology during the three-year span, including the purchase of a copy of Dance Dance Revolution Universe for the Xbox 360, reports the Canadian Press.

The inquiry has already resulted in the resignation of Nova Scotia House of Assembly member Richard Hurlburt, who reportedly used around $11,000 of public funds to purchase a generator and television.
Buzz It

Comments

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by killatia on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 13:17.

That pic makes me want to play DDR.

http://www.magicinkgaming.com/

http://www.magicinkgaming.com/

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by MonkeyPeaches on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 22:28.

Why the pic from Grandma's Boy?

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by HarmlessBunny on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 02:58.

I live in Edmonton, Canada.

After seeing how lazy and corrupt our provincial MLA's are, no surprise that this would happen! Hopefully he gets some prison time...which will include a different spin on DDR (if you miss a step, consequences by an inmate named Bubba will commence).

At least we don't have a Michael Atkinson wannabe yet.

 

==============

James Fletcher, member of ECA Canada

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by TBoneTony on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 04:58.

Be thankful that you don't have an M. Atkinson or a J. Thompson in politics, because with me living in Australia I don't want to move to Canada in the future only to find out that it is back to Australia's standards of politics.

At least there are some politicians in Canada who understand videogames more, but it makes our hobby sound bad if they are spending public money on Videogames when the rest of us gamers have to spend our hard earned cash on our hobby.

 

TBoneTony

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by HarmlessBunny on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 16:35.

Oh I agree wholeheartedly.

==============

James Fletcher, member of ECA Canada

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by gellymatos on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 00:36.

It's good to know that hard working people are paying taxes for DDR. Warms my heart. ;)

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." -Albert Einstein

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by DarkTetsuya on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 16:33.

I'm sure someone will look for some way to make videogames sound bad because of this...

I LOLed at the header image, though.

"New high score, is that bad? did I break it?!"

300 Episodes and counting: http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/

400 Episodes and counting: http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/

Re: Canadian Spending Scandal Includes Pol’s Videogame ...

Submitted by Shadow D. Darkman on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 15:21.

Aah, D.D.R.! My mortal enemy...

-----------------------------



"A Chrono Trigger is anything that unleashes its will or desire to change history!" -Gaspar
-----------------------------



"A Chrono Trigger is anything that unleashes its will or desire to change history!" -Gaspar
Forgot your password?
Username :
Password :

Shout box

You're not permitted to post shouts.
Grif: Hearing rumors that Anonymous plans to take down Sony for at least four days. Can anyone verify this? I can't find anything on it.02/14/2012 - 4:54am
Cheater87: R18+ heading for Australian parliament http://www.gamespot.com/news/6350339.html02/14/2012 - 1:14am
Uncharted NES: David Jaffe Rails Against Storytelling Games- http://slashdot.org/palm/10/12/02/13/1943236_1.shtml02/13/2012 - 5:04pm
DorthLous: Australian government holding anti-piracy talk behind closed door: http://delimiter.com.au/2012/02/13/govt-holds-second-secret-anti-piracy-meeting/02/13/2012 - 12:31pm
DorthLous: SONY new CEO says Hardware is important, but the future lies in content and service: http://www.techworld.com.au/article/414925/incoming_sony_ceo_hot_gadgets_aren_t_enough_anymore02/13/2012 - 12:27pm
Andrew Eisen: That article is over five years old, Uncharted. A fun blast from the past though.02/12/2012 - 10:47pm
Uncharted NES: Critics: 'Left Behind' game glorifies violence- http://tinyurl.com/wu64s02/12/2012 - 4:34pm
Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm
DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am
Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm
RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm
Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm
Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm
james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am
Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am
Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm
Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm
james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm
All shouts

Be Heard - Contact Your Politician