It may be the BC Day long weekend, but B.C. government communications staff are working overtime.
It’s in response to the recent release of government credit card transactions, which revealed what exactly taxpayers are on the hook for in the millions of dollars in spending from Victoria.
In a media fact sheet, the ministry of finance says there are detailed rules for what can be purchased by credit card, and that all transactions are closely audited.
They claim all purchases are done within approved ministry budgets.
It then lists examples of so-called “big ticket” buys, such as $ 37,000 at 7-Eleven stores by the ministry of children and family development.
That money was apparently used to buy phone cards and bus passes for children in care.
A ministry spokesperson also says a listed $ 300 transaction for Ashley Madison, a website that connects people who want to cheat on their spouses, was in fact fraudulent and has since been reversed.
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