Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Health Canada spent nearly $100,000 asking Canadians how they get fresh air at home. The top answer? Open a window.

Jim and Iain walk through the Blacklock reporting: a $99,927 Environics questionnaire, then half a billion dollars for a tree-counting program that planted on paper more than in the ground. When Ottawa treats your wallet like a focus-group budget line, who's actually accountable?

Chapters:
0:00 $100K for a fresh-air questionnaire
0:45 Open a window — your money well spent?
1:15 Climate branding for a window survey
2:00 Two Billion Trees and the admin machine
3:00 Half a billion — and what Canadians got
4:20 Cost of doing business with Ottawa
5:30 Who benefits from the spending?
6:50 Thanks for watching

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