School employee trips to Dubai, Australia, France draw auditor general scrutiny
17 employees attended one conference, at cost of more than $86,000
New Brunswick Auditor General Paul Martin raised questions in his annual report about whether three school districts followed government rules when sending dozens of employees around the world for training.
Martin said districts often failed to provide the proper paperwork to justify the trips as a good use of taxpayer money.
His report made note of trips to France, Dubai, Australia and several trips to the United States.
The Anglophone North School School District, for example, sent 17 employees to Australia for the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education at a cost of $86,410.
"There [were] some pretty big trips that were approved here," said Martin after delivering his report in a livestreamed event on Thursday.
A government press release on the audit said it found "instances of district staff not having documented approval to travel, including a lack of appropriate signatures and cost estimates."
"There were often no documented anticipated or actual benefits to government," the release said.
Martin highlighted a number of specific trips in his report.
Trip to Apple HQ in California
The Francophone South School District, for example, sent 13 employees — and an "external consultant" whose expenses were also paid — to train at Apple's headquarters in California at a cost of $48,605.
It also spent $23,469 to send three employees to an education seminar in Dubai.
A spokesperson for the Francophone South School District said the district normally uses video conferences for most "interactions with colleagues or partners abroad."
In specific situations, however, "travel becomes essential," said Jean-Luc Thériault.
The auditor general's report listed spending by individual school district, with Anglophone North leading all others. (Government of New Brunswick)
To stay "current," he said it's important to "draw inspiration from what is happening elsewhere, both nationally and internationally." And that often requires "direct interaction to ensure the quality of exchanges."
He said "while we adhere to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development guidelines and financial approval processes, there are instances where certain transactions or information are not documented in paper form, as preferred."
While they don't track "all necessary paper documents, Thériault said they have "developed, internally, alternative methods, including digital technologies, to enhance the efficiency of certain processes and information gathering."
He said they're working on an online form "to document and obtain approvals in a centralized location."
17 ASD-North employees visited Australia
A spokesperson for the Anglophone North School District, which had the highest spending of any district, said the World Indigenous Peoples conference "was an important step in ASD-N's commitment to meet goals in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action."
Meredith Caissie said "a large percentage of ASD-N students identify as First Nation. In addition, ASD-N had multiple staff who were selected to present at the conference. Since that conference, ASD-N has grown its First Nation education program and has shared resources with other partners across the province."
Caissie said although the district believes it has followed proper travel procedures, "we do accept the recommendations made and have already taken steps to implement tighter documentation procedures where it relates to out of province and out of country travel."
ASD-West spending below average for size, says district
A spokesperson for the Anglophone West School District, which had the third-highest travel costs, said the district's spending was actually below average when its size is factored in.
In an emailed statement on Thursday, Paul MacIntosh said they are the province's largest district.
"Further to this, we are satisfied that as per paragraph 6.28, the auditor found that 'ASD-W was able to provide adequate documentation detailing the estimated cost and appropriate approvals for the three trips examined.'"
MacIntosh said the expenses incurred were for "highly valuable professional development opportunities and in one case an opportunity to showcase proprietary programming on an international level."
He said the district believes "all ASD-W travel was compliant with expectations that we have within our district."
The auditor general listed a number of examples of trips that his department reviewed. (Government of New Brunswick)
The auditor general said it's not his place to question whether any of the districts "had to go or didn't have to go."
He said districts have the power to make those decisions, "however, it should be in the best interest of also managing their budgets, taxpayer dollars, and with the proper paperwork to support that it was a value to them."
He said various documentation is required to "substantiate" the value of each trip before the trip is approved. More paperwork after the trip is used to determine whether that value was "achieved."
"And that's where the documentation was lacking," explained Martin. "It was not documented. It was not supported."
He said his job is to ensure that the rules were followed.
"People in charge need to be held accountable. And it's very simple. The policy's there."
But he did say the report raises the question of whether the money could have been better spent elsewhere. He said the COVID-19 pandemic has shown there are other, more cost-effective, ways to train employees.
"It could be that that money could be better used in other ways at the school levels and virtual attendance may have served the same purpose. So we're at least asking the districts to consider that in their decision process."
Martin said he's hopeful districts will respond to the "wake-up call … to make sure you have this stuff documented. We may come back and look some more."
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New auditor general's past in Finance Department raises concern about potential for bias
Paul Martin's former job as New Brunswick's comptroller creates perception problems, professor says
· CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2022 6:00 AM AST"Higgs said on the day he announced the appointment that he had raised the question himself when the committee recommended Martin but was assured files he had handled as comptroller would be "treated independently … so you're not reviewing your own work."
White first raised his concerns last year when he circulated his doctoral dissertation on the subject.
Besides the repeated choice of bureaucratic insiders for the job, White said the hiring process itself should be changed to remove the clerk of the executive council, the province's top civil servant, from the selection committee.
White's conclusions were endorsed by former Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Norm Betts, who sent the dissertation to the four political party leaders in the legislature."
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Le Wier
On another note Mike Holland just got back from Paris France last
month he attended the nuclear conference
Allan Marven
Reply to Le Wier
The whole PC caucus should be ashamed of their actions against their
employees last week.
David Amos
Reply to Le Wier
Did he take his lady friend?
Le Wier
Reply to David Amos
Idk I saw the story reported on the rival news channel from Halifax.
Ronald Miller
Reply to Allan Marven
Ashamed of protecting taxpayers from millions in pension over runs, oh the horror. Those unions should be ashamed of themselves, they were a public nuisance and disgrace, and put themselves above other gnb unions and taxpayers.
MR Cain
Higgs' "no data" syndrome is fine for everyone else.
Ronald Miller
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Jos Allaire
Reply to Ronald Miller
And I do not take yours seriously. Your only fan here is your buddy
Archie, Mr. Jughead.
Shawn Tabor.
Reply to Jos Allaire
This is getting personal lol
Ronald Miller
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Shawn Tabor
Reply to Jos Allaire
Does anyone know, it’s Christmas time. Where is all the love and Good will towards humans. You gotta love the humans. Seasons greetings fellow humans. Its just money after all. They print it everyday, it
gives the AG something to count.
Jos Allaire
Reply to Ronald Miller
You are being optimistic about your recovery.
David Amos
Reply to Jos Allaire
I concur
Ronald Miller
Reply to Jos Allaire
I understand how down you must be these days. You have voted for the same party your entire life because you do not know any better and they have become irrelevant as people have tired of their poor policies. The one in power does not cater to the minority you are part of and makes decisions that benefit the majority. Sux to be you.
Jos Allaire
Reply to Ronald Miller
If you'd only knew... llol.
Mack Leigh
You have got to be kidding me... taking a nice vacation on the taxpayers' dime yet again. Teachers now only work nine months of the year and are the most coddled government employees. Absolutely
disgusting , this practice should be stopped immediately.
Ken Dwight
Reply to Mack Leigh
Except if it was you. You would pack your bags at lightening speed if given the opportunity.
Daniel Henwell
Reply to Ken Dwight
I wouldn't go if they BEGGED me to. Not a worldly traveller.
Bob Fiset
Reply to Mack Leigh
Where does it say that it was teachers being sent to these conferences? They send employes of the district. They are not teacher in the classe room but governement workers in offices. Of course, some
people will take any occasion to complain about teachers.
Jos Allaire.
Reply to Mack Leigh
The last profession I would be inclined to seek in this era is teaching. Walk a mile in their shoes.
Shawn Tabor
Reply to Ken Dwight
The only thing that Employees of the Government gave me was a hard time, but the service, i have to admit,,, was great. Love all the Employees of the Gov. When you think of it,,, thats a lot of Loving, there is some pile of them.
Venny Xaronski
Reply to Jos Allaire
Those who can't do, teach.
Those words are truer today than ever before.
David Amos
Reply to Bob Fiset
Well put
David Amos
Reply to Shawn Tabor
All I get is a lot of hate
Clive Gibbons
Reply to Venny Xaronski
And those who can't teach, complain about the ones who do,
Jos Allaire
Reply to Venny Xaronski
Not so, below is a list of some 20th century high achievers who have also taught.
Albert Einstein
Richard Feynman
Robert Frost
J. R. R. Tolkien
Marie Curie
Stephen Hawking
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Noam Chomsky
J. K. Rowling
This list is anything but exhaustive.
Venny Xaronski
Reply to Jos Allaire
*Also* taught.
Troodles also taught.
The vast majority of teachers today are not high achievers. Mediocre at best, save for a special few who actually know what they're doing.
Venny Xaronski
Reply to Bob Fiset
"any occasion to complain about teachers"
Ever wonder why that might be? It's well earned. Parents and the public are not impressed
David Amos
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Reply to Venny Xaronski
Oh So True
David Amos
Reply to Jos Allaire
FYI Noam Chomsky and I butted heads bigtime in 2004
David Amos
Reply to Venny Xaronski
very true
Mack Leigh
Reply to Jos Allaire
And yet they all moved on from any sort of " teaching " very quickly... Giving a lecture or two per year is not " teaching ".
Shawn Tabor
Reply to David Amos
That’s because you call them out and you tell the truth. You know that certain people are on the take, and you call them out on it, and they hate you for it. It truly is one wicked, wicked game all paid for by the taxpayers of NB. I know folks that like you, so keep up the good work. Not a job, for the average bear. You do it well, so give yourself a pat on the back.
Jos Allaire
Reply to Shawn Tabor
David is engaged, got to give him that.
Zoe Richmond
It happens too often. Taking unfair advantage of Canadian money. The PM with 6k night hotel rooms and long weekend vacations costing a quarter of a million. At least this story is about spending the money for working purposes.
Mack Leigh
Reply to Zoe Richmond
Surely you jest. Just another reason to have a few days off compliments of the NB taxpayer. When was the last time that the NB taxpayer paid for a vacation for you.. Waste of taxpayers money for an employee who already makes good wages and only works nine months of the year.
Ken Dwight
Reply to Zoe Richmond
Except if it was you, if you worked for the government, you would take any opportunity to spend money pertaining to your job wouldn't you? You are going to turn down a trip to Europe expenses paid because, well you are a humanitarian and a responsible citizen. Koodo's to you!
Alison Jackson
Reply to Ken Dwight
Lol. My God you hit the nail on the head. All of these 'personalities' would travel there on public purse faster than you could say "Bob's yer Uncle".
David Amos
Reply to Alison Jackson
"Bob's yer Uncle"
Alex Butt
Sad waste of out tax dollars so a select few can jetset around the world for no real reason on our dime when that money could be used for real things such as more teachers, better books, schools etc.
Ken Dwight
Reply to Alex Butt
Except if it was you working for the government and they decided to send you to Europe all expenses paid. You, like the others, would turn it down because you are a model citizen and are 100% responsible for where the taxpayers dollars are spent.
Jos Allaire
Reply to Ken Dwight
It's for the government to pull the plug on these lavish trips. It's for good reason that a lot of employees work from home and that a lot of work is outsourced overseas.
David Amos
Reply to Jos Allaire
The buck stops with Higgy these days
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New auditor general's past in Finance Department raises concern about potential for bias
Paul Martin's former job as New Brunswick's comptroller creates perception problems, professor says
Paul Martin says the challenge of jumping from the bureaucracy to the role of independent watchdog is not new, and he'll approach it the way his predecessors did.
"The office has successfully dealt with this transition in the past and there were no independence issues," he said Wednesday as he packed up his office in Chancery Place. "The same process will be applied in my case as well.
"You just have to use your professional judgment and know when that turns into an actual or perceived conflict and when are the right times to back out."
Martin is leaving the position of comptroller in the Department of Finance, which means as auditor general he'll be in charge of independent audits of some programs he worked on or reviewed as a civil servant.
Brent
White worked for auditors general for two decades and now teaches at
Mount Allison University. He says he feels strongly the auditor general
should not be a former Finance Department official. (Submitted by Mount Allison University )
He's the third consecutive auditor general to make the leap from the comptroller's job, which functions as an internal auditor for government departments. Five of the eight auditors general in the province's history were comptrollers first.
To avoid any perception problems, Martin said he won't have any role in auditing the province's financial statements in his first year as auditor general.
He will approach performance audits of individual programs case by case, recusing himself if the office tackles anything in which he played a major role.
Martin was responding to a former auditor who worked in the Office of the Auditor General and is urging Premier Blaine Higgs to reverse the appointment.
Brent White, now a professor at Mount Allison University, said plucking someone from Finance to become auditor general violates key tenets of the accounting profession's code of conduct.
Kim
Adair-MacPherson left her post as New Brunswick's auditor general in
the spring of last year. She was also the comptroller for the province
before taking the position but had a reputation for being a tough and
independent financial watchdog. (Catherine Harrop/CBC News file photo)
Self-review and familiarity with key players are two of five "threats" to independence that accountants guard against under their professional standards.
"I feel pretty strongly about this, and I think there are probably other accountants who feel strongly," said White, who worked as an auditor in the Auditor General's Office for two decades.
"The one person who can do something about this is Blaine Higgs."
In fact, Martin officially took over the job Jan. 1, and it would now take a two-thirds vote of the legislature to remove him.
The legislature endorsed Martin's appointment on Dec. 8. Opposition Liberal Leader Roger Melanson seconded the motion making the appointment, even though he had endorsed White's call for a more independent selection process for the job.
Melanson said in December that Martin, who the Liberal leader worked with when he was a cabinet minister, was "independent, obviously" and highly qualified for the job.
Premier
Blaine Higgs said he asked a similar question about Martin when he was
being considered for the job but was assured Martin wouldn't be asked to
review his own work. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
White said that's not enough.
"I think the political class has come to define independence as kind of the equivalent of 'He's a nice guy' or 'He's an OK chap,' as opposed to saying, 'Does he meet the accounting profession's criteria of independence in fact and appearance?'"
Martin was recommended by a selection committee made up of the clerk of the executive council, the clerk of the legislature, a judge and a university vice-president.
Higgs said on the day he announced the appointment that he had raised the question himself when the committee recommended Martin but was assured files he had handled as comptroller would be "treated independently … so you're not reviewing your own work."
White first raised his concerns last year when he circulated his doctoral dissertation on the subject.
Besides the repeated choice of bureaucratic insiders for the job, White said the hiring process itself should be changed to remove the clerk of the executive council, the province's top civil servant, from the selection committee.
White's conclusions were endorsed by former Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Norm Betts, who sent the dissertation to the four political party leaders in the legislature.
Michael
Ferguson was one of five New Brunswick auditors general who previously
worked for the Finance Department. Ferguson went on to become Ottawa's
auditor general. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
The three opposition leaders all said they shared his concerns, and Melanson's Liberals introduced a motion calling on the province to create "a revised selection process that is independent of the Executive Council." That motion has still not come to a vote.
Last March, the Chartered Professional Accountants of New Brunswick made a public offer to help the province come up with a more "rigorous" selection process.
"You can't be an auditor of a company that you either own or have a significant influence on, or that your spouse is the president or CEO of," John Clark, the organization's board chair, said Wednesday.
"That just flies in the face of the independence and objectivity."
Choosing a Finance Department official as auditor general "doesn't appear to be the optimum," Clark said. "In an ideal world, it would be a case where you'd have somebody who was appointed in that position who had no previous role in any of that situation."
Clark said having "mitigating controls," such as Martin's promise to recuse himself from certain audits, is acceptable. But hiring an auditor general from outside the civil service would avoid the need for that.
Previous comptrollers who became auditors general, including, Kim Adair-MacPherson and Mike Ferguson, were "beyond reproach in terms of their ethics, but it's the situation as it pertains to the optics of it," Clark said.
Higgs's office did not respond Wednesday to a request for a comment on White's call for him to reverse Martin's appointment.
Instead spokesperson Jean Bertin explained the selection process and pointed out that the Auditor General Act gives Martin the power to delegate some responsibilities to avoid potential conflicts.
"Through its selection process, New Brunswick has had great success in appointing Auditors General who previously held the role of Comptroller," he said. "They have had the confidence of both the Legislative Assembly and the public."
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Subject: Now that Higgy has spoken I wonder if Marie-France Pelletier,
Kelly Lamrock and Paul Martin remember me
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Province appoints three people to head up independent offices in N.B.
Opposition parties question whether two of the new watchdogs are truly 'independent'
The appointees include a former chief of staff to a previous Progressive Conservative premier, and a former Liberal cabinet minister who later became an informal adviser to Premier Blaine Higgs.
Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau called their independence is "questionable" and said the notion that opposition parties were "consulted" is a misnomer.
"That consultation means a phone call to say 'This is who we've chosen.'"
Liberal Leader Roger Melanson, who seconded Higgs's motion in the legislature on all three appointments, said he wasn't really consulted either, but he was required to attach his name to the motions.
"It's part of the tradition. It's part of the rules. I think it's got to be changed," he said.
While it's a tradition that the leader of the Official Opposition second the nominations as a signal of their independence, it's not legally required.
Marie-France
Pelletier has been working with Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board.
She was a staffer in the office of former premier Bernard Lord. (Submitted)
Melanson initially said two of the appointees were not independent but then said his complaint was about the selection process, which involved an arm's-length search committee.
The new ombud is Marie-France Pelletier, a New Brunswicker who is now a member of the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board.
As ombud, she will field and investigate complaints from the public about government functions.
Pelletier was a staffer in Premier Bernard Lord's office at the same time current Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain worked there.
She rose to the position of deputy minister to Lord in 2006. Since then she has held public administration positions in Ottawa and Montreal.
The new child, youth and senior advocate is Kelly Lamrock, a former Liberal MLA and minister who quit the party to run for the NDP in the 2014 election. He later acted as an informal adviser to Higgs, helping draft the premier's 2018 Throne Speech.
Lawyer
Kelly Lamrock will be the province's new child, youth and senior
advocate. A former Liberal education minister in the Shawn Graham
government, he also ran for the NDP and worked as an informal adviser to
Blaine Higgs. (CBC)
Both appointments are for seven-year terms.
The premier called Pelletier "a very capable individual" whom he had never met and said he had no role in coming up with the names.
"I had no reason to question the proposals that came forward," he said.
He acknowledged Lamrock's "history in most parties" but said the former education minister would make a good advocate for children.
"Certainly he's demonstrated his capabilities … no matter what team he's on at the time," Higgs said.
Lamrock said in an interview that his position is designed to be independent, answerable only to the legislature, and he would "call balls and strikes" on government policy without any concern about political repercussions.
"I stand on my record," he said. "I understand who my responsibility is to."
New
Brunswick's new auditor general will be Paul Martin, who has been
working as the province's comptroller in the Finance Department (Submitted)
The third appointee is Paul Martin as the new auditor general for a term of 10 years.
Martin is now the comptroller or head auditor within the Finance Department. It's the third time in a row someone in that job became auditor general.
Martin has no partisan connections but the practice of appointing Finance Department officials as auditor general has come under scrutiny.
Earlier this year Brent White, a former auditor in the auditor general's office, argued that government should not have a role in choosing officials who once oversaw government spending for a job that requires independent scrutiny of government spending.
Higgs said Wednesday that two previous comptrollers who became auditors general, Mike Ferguson and Kim Adair-MacPherson, turned out to be excellent at doing that.
"I think they demonstrated not only a knowledge they get of government from the comptroller's role but also a knowledge of what's required from an A-G."
In January, Melanson supported White's call to put the selection process entirely in the hands of the legislature, eliminating the role the executive branch of government now plays.
But Wednesday he said Martin "is independent, obviously" and is "highly qualified from an accounting perspective."
People's Alliance leader Kris Austin said he had no issues with the choices.
Opposition
Leader Roger Melanson supported a call to put the selection of auditor
general into the hands of the full legislature. (CBC)
"At the end of the day, it's really about the quality of the work that's done on a go-forward basis when they do take their positions."
Melanson said Pelletier "does have qualifications, for sure" but wouldn't say whether Lamrock could be seen as independent.
"Is he independent enough? He certainly has some background politically. We'll see what he does in terms of being the youth advocate."
Pelletier could not be reached for an interview about her appointment.
Martin said in an email he was humbled at the opportunity to serve as auditor general.
"I look forward to continuing the great work of the office with a dedicated team of professionals during my mandate," he said.
He wouldn't comment on the argument that the executive branch shouldn't have a role in choosing an auditor general from within its own ranks.
Commenting is now closed for this story.
David Amos
https://www.
Letter to Executive Chair of Tribunals Ontario, Sean Weir
04.03.2021
Mississauga Community Legal Services (MCLS) submitted a letter
concerning access to justice at Tribunals Ontario during the COVID-19
pandemic. Check it out here:
Letter to Tribunals Ontario – Jan 31, 2021
June 5, 2020 New Executive Chair Appointed to Tribunals Ontario
TO | June 5, 2020
New Executive Chair Appointed to Tribunals Ontario
Tribunals Ontario is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Weir
as interim Executive Chair effective June 2, 2020.
Sean has an extensive legal background, as well as experience with
strategic, operational and governance management, planning and
delivery. He was the Chief Executive Officer and National Managing
Partner of Borden Ladner Gervais.
In his legal practice, Sean advised financial institutions,
corporations and major pension funds. Active in his community, Sean
has served as an elected Councillor of the Town of Oakville, a
director of the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and a director
and Chair of Oakville Hydro. Sean was named a “Diversity Champion” by
Women of Influence Magazine, received the Lexpert Zenith Managing
Partner Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, and was listed in
the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in
Canada.
“I am honoured to serve as the new Executive Chair at Tribunals
Ontario and look forward to working with our adjudicators and staff to
develop more modern and user-focused dispute resolution services for
the thousands of people who access our tribunals.”
– Sean Weir, Executive Chair, Tribunals Ontario.
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:13:53 +0000
Subject: RE: Now that the RCMP are checking out the Lt Governor's
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remember me
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:30:25 -0300
Subject: Now that the RCMP are checking out the Lt Governor's office I
wonder RACHEL WILLIAMSON and PAUL MARTIN, (Comptroller) remember me
To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"Roger.L.Melanson" <Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant"
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen"
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
"kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "Kevin.Vickers"
<Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason"
<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>
"macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.
<Paul.Martin@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne" <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir"
<Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, rachel.williamson@gnb.ca, "Jan.Rowinski"
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Complaint of irregularities at lieutenant-governor's office prompted by audit
Premier says he might ask the auditor general to look into the matter
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Aug 23, 2019 7:22 PM AT
"RCMP in New Brunswick now say they did not receive a complaint from
within the office of the lieutenant-governor that prompted their
investigation of "financial irregularities."
A spokesperson for the police force told CBC News on Friday that the
complaint came from the office, but Sgt. Chantal Farrah said Saturday
"that's not the case."
Farrah said the force was contacted by the federal Department of
Canadian Heritage and New Brunswick's Office of the Comptroller, which
acts as an internal government auditor."
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