Among the several simultaneous spending scandals plaguing the Trudeau government right now is the saga of the $9-million New York City consulate. Not long after the Liberals appointed former journalist Tom Clark to be their new consul general in New York, it emerged that the government was selling its prior consulate in favour of a $9-million luxury condo in the Steinway Tower, a super-tall skyscraper that represents one of the most high-end buildings within a neighbourhood widely known as Billionaires’ Row.