What Can You Buy For $90 Million?

On Thursday night, the Ontario Liberals swept to a majority government (in no small part to, "Fort Toronto" but that's a story for another blog), replacing their own minority government.  The result left some asking, "Why did we spend $90 million on this?"  A co-worker argued that $90 million bought the Grits 4+ years without having to call an election, but that's waaaay too logical for this page.  But it begs the question...

What can you buy for $90 million?

I'm glad you asked!  Let's give the list an Ontario feel, shall we?

- 514,285 CN Tower EdgeWalk passes

- 3,461,538 Niagara Falls Clifton Hill Fun Passes (adult)

- 762,711 months of Rogers, "VIP Ultimate with Super Channel" TVpackage (that's over 320 channels!)

- 3,409 Oshawa-built Chevy Camaros

- Almost 13 Canadian Football League expansion franchises (It's been reported that the Ottawa Redblacks paid $7 million to join the CFL)

- 11,000,000 shares of Blackberry stock (NASDAQ: BBRY)

- 2,000,000 cases of Mill St. Stock Ale

- 418,604 custom Toronto Maple Leaf premier jerseys

- 33,333,333 TTC tokens

- approx. 16,071 university tuition fees

- 72,000,000 litres of gas

- 2,500,000 GO Transit Peterborough to Union Station Day Passes

- 5,625,000 Oktoberfest beer steins

- 1,250,000 Edgefest VIP tickets

- 4,500,000 Rideau Canal Skateway toques

- 51,428,571 large double doubles from Tim Horton's

So next time you're hurrying home from university, be it by car, bus, or train, with your festival tickets in hand, to watch your favourite hockey team on TV, while reaching for your favourite beverage, with your buddies texting you, and planning where you wanna go this summer & winter, just remember that members of the Ontario government average about $120,000 a year.

Lather, rinse, and always repeat,

Jube.