The Gomery Inquiry heard again from Audtor-General Sheila Fraser today. Oh and also my dog barked at the mailman.
MONTREAL (CP) – Federal advertising activities worth $800 million were wrought with “major problems” and taxpayers deserve better for their money, Auditor General Sheila Fraser told the Gomery inquiry Monday.
The financial watchdog, whose scathing 2002 report led to the inquiry’s creation, said her team uncovered a litany of irregularities in advertising bidding and management from 1998 to 2003.
They included missing documents and bidding processes that were cancelled without explanation.
“I hope that in our co-presentation this morning, we showed that there were major problems in the advertising activities,” said Fraser, whose office lifted the veil on the sponsorship scandal now threatening the Liberal government.
“The amounts concerned are very large, nearly $800 million over a five-year period. And I could conclude by saying that Canadians expect better when public funds are spent.”
Well, no, actually they don’t, I’m afraid.
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