The Ticket price to look at the rubber chicken is just like the membership fee to join Costco. Costco makes more off their membership fees than anything else, about 2.5 billions in pure profit. 
It's ironic that people pay a fee to make purchases at a store. I see more people there than anywhere else. For a mere $1500.-- CAD you get to pitch your plan to the man. So, it's like an ante. After that, I imagine it gets really good and lucrative for those involved. For the rest of the people, those costs are made public while the profits are private. That kind of corruption is historic and not likely to subside unless we move from the traditional Liberal/Conservative corporatism towards  a new NDP that isn't weird or carbon tax based. Switching from Tweedledee to Tweedledum is so yesterday. The current NDP isn't ready for prime time. Under real leadership that makes change happen the NDP could bring us out of this recurring pro business governments spending to help rich avoid taxes and save