The monthly updates on the Conservatives' deficit-spending "stimulus" are costly in themselves, the Globe and Mail reports.

The cost of those taxpayer-funded Conservative government exercises in economic accountability and self-promotion has passed $250,000 – and will rise further.

The delivery of the Harper government's third, glossy report card on its stimulus plan last Sept. 28 cost more than $143,000, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press.

That's on top of $108,000 spent for a similar report in June, and doesn't include the cost of the final report last month.

Our federal spokesperson Kevin Gaudet could summed it up nicely for the Candian Press when he said, ""This is what happens when politicians play silly partisan games."

Concerns over deficit spending should be stimulated by a look at the Canadian Debt Clock.