Prime Minister Harper and his Conservative party have announced their new cabinet.  They've added six new ministries, including Minister of State Amateur Sport.  A single ministry (according to the math in this article reprinted from the Canadian Press: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081102/national/cabinet_costs) office costs $650,000 in salaries alone.  Six of those brings us to $3.9 Million of new cost to the tax payers during economic hardship.  We're told these new ministries will save us money.

Even Rick Mercer rants on this one!  Here's his YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbhOe6xS4U