The Audit

A penny-by-penny reckoning of the month in money

$5

Price of a single share in Drake’s whiskey brand, Virginia Black, which will launch an IPO this spring. The company hopes to raise $30 million.

$100

Victim surcharge that Marisa Lazo, a.k.a. Crane Girl, was ordered to pay after pleading guilty to mischief (she was given an absolute discharge). Police estimate her rescue cost $65,000.

$350

Amount that Al Carbone, owner of the Kit Kat Bar and Grill, spent to create an ice sculpture of a middle finger outside his restaurant in protest of the King Street transit pilot, which he says has hurt business.

$2,490

Average hourly wage among Canada’s 100 richest CEOs—178 times more than the new $14 minimum wage—according to a recent report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

$5,987

Amount Paramount Fine Foods owner Mohamad Fakih spent on food, transportation and hotel rooms to help homeless Torontonians escape the winter’s record-low temperatures.

$1,900,000

Amount the TTC paid for LightSpell, an interactive art installation that allowed subway riders to post eight-letter messages on the ceiling of Pioneer Village station. The commission has shut the piece down for fear it will be used for hate speech.

$23,000,000

Amount, in U.S. dollars, of slugger Josh Donaldson’s 2018 season contract with the Blue Jays, making him the team’s highest-paid player.

$404,000,000

Bill that Loblaws will have to pay if it loses a court battle with the CRA, which claims the grocery giant has been using a phony bank in Barbados to avoid paying taxes.