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Tuesday June 9, 2015

June 8, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator - Tuesday June 9, 2015 Senate to forward expense files of nine Senators to the RCMP The Senate handed the expense records of nine of its own to the Mounties on Friday as part of the fallout from the two-year examination of its books by auditor general Michael Ferguson. ÒWeÕve committed to not question any element of the report,Ó Senate Speaker Leo Housakos told the Star in an interview, adding that he would have preferred that Ferguson be the one to refer his own findings to the RCMP. The Canadian Press reported retired Liberal senator Rod Zimmer, one of the nine whose expenses were referred to the police, led the pack when it came to the amounts Ferguson said should be repaid. He had disputed expense claims totalling $176,014 in travel expenses for non-parliamentary business and a housing allowance he should not have claimed. The Star has confirmed the audit to be formally released June 9 identifies a total of $976,627 in inappropriately claimed expenses, and that more than half that amount Ñ about $546,000 Ñ is linked to just five senators. That is the amount Ferguson found issues with following arduous, line-by-line reviews of 80,000 transactions worth about $180 million involving 117 senators from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2013. (Source: Toronto Star) http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/06/05/retired-sen-don-oliver-lashes-back-at-auditor-general-over-expenses.html Canada, audit, Senate, Senator, expenses, scandal, auditor-general, Michael Ferguson, hell, devil, Parliament

Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday June 9, 2015

Senate to forward expense files of nine Senators to the RCMP

The Senate handed the expense records of nine of its own to the Mounties on Friday as part of the fallout from the two-year examination of its books by auditor general Michael Ferguson.

Friday, February 15, 2013“We’ve committed to not question any element of the report,” Senate Speaker Leo Housakos told the Star in an interview, adding that he would have preferred that Ferguson be the one to refer his own findings to the RCMP.

The Canadian Press reported retired Liberal senator Rod Zimmer, one of the nine whose expenses were referred to the police, led the pack when it came to the amounts Ferguson said should be repaid. He had disputed expense claims totalling $176,014 in travel expenses for non-parliamentary business and a housing allowance he should not have claimed.

The Star has confirmed the audit to be formally released June 9 identifies a total of $976,627 in inappropriately claimed expenses, and that more than half that amount — about $546,000 — is linked to just five senators.

That is the amount Ferguson found issues with following arduous, line-by-line reviews of 80,000 transactions worth about $180 million involving 117 senators from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2013. (Source: Toronto Star)

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Published in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, The Brandon Sun, and the Gull Lake Advance

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: audit, auditor general, Canada, devil, expenses, hell, Michael Ferguson, Parliament, published, scandal, Senate, Senator

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

May 1, 2013 by Graeme MacKay

Wednesday, May 1, 2013By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Canada can’t account for $3.1B in anti-terror funding, AG finds

The federal government needs to do better at tracking and evaluating some of its program spending to ensure taxpayer dollars are being well-spent, Auditor General Michael Ferguson found in his spring report released today, and one of the most striking examples is that it can’t account for $3.1 billion in anti-terrorism funding.

The lack of information on spending and on results achieved for money spent is a common theme throughout Ferguson’s report, which includes 11 chapters in total.

In his audit of the Public Security and Anti-Terrorism (PSAT) Initiative, Ferguson suggested there should have been a government-wide review of spending by 35 departments and of the results for the program that was funded between 2001 and 2009.

He found that departments reported spending $9.8 billion of the $12.9 billion allocated for security and anti-terrorism measures under the program but he couldn’t determine where the other $3.1 billion went. The Treasury Board had no clear answers for him.

Ferguson said he’s not concerned the money is missing, it’s the information about it that can’t be nailed down.

“It’s a matter of missing that last link in putting that information together,” he said at a news conference in Ottawa Tuesday morning. If the money was reallocated from the anti-terrorism program to another program, there should have been approval for that, he added.

“We don’t have enough information to say whether that happened,” he said.

The NDP jumped on the accounting gap as a sign the Conservatives can’t manage the public purse. (Source: CBC News)

Posted in: Canada Tagged: accountability, auditor general, boondoggle, Canada, Editorial Cartoon, Michael Ferguson, spending, Stephen Harper, taxes

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