Appears this Govt thinks a lie is the norm
In Lac-Mégantic disaster’s wake, watchdog claims ministry failed to spend millions in rail safety funds | National Post
Transport Canada said Wednesday that it had failed to deliver on three key commitments to improve its oversight of the transportation of dangerous products based on weaknesses identified in the December 2011 audit by the federal environment commissioner in the auditor general’s office.
But following the Lac-Megantic train disaster, which has claimed dozens of lives following a derailment and explosion in the small Quebec town, the department claimed in statements that it was still on schedule to meet its commitments and was granted extensions by the auditor general’s office, which refuted those claims.
“We aren’t, as auditors, the ones who grant extensions,” said Celine Bissonnette, a spokeswoman for the auditor general’s office. “That is Transport Canada’s own decision, for which they alone are accountable.”
At the time of the 2011 audit, the former environment commissioner, Scott Vaughan, noted that the problems were “not new” and had been identified in internal audits five years earlier.
Vaughan’s audit found that inspectors were not following up in ensuring compliance in most cases after uncovering problems during inspections of transportation of dangerous products in a variety of modes, including railways, roads, shipments on water and air.
In Lac-Mégantic disaster’s wake, watchdog claims ministry failed to spend millions in rail safety funds | National Post
Transport Canada said Wednesday that it had failed to deliver on three key commitments to improve its oversight of the transportation of dangerous products based on weaknesses identified in the December 2011 audit by the federal environment commissioner in the auditor general’s office.
But following the Lac-Megantic train disaster, which has claimed dozens of lives following a derailment and explosion in the small Quebec town, the department claimed in statements that it was still on schedule to meet its commitments and was granted extensions by the auditor general’s office, which refuted those claims.
“We aren’t, as auditors, the ones who grant extensions,” said Celine Bissonnette, a spokeswoman for the auditor general’s office. “That is Transport Canada’s own decision, for which they alone are accountable.”
At the time of the 2011 audit, the former environment commissioner, Scott Vaughan, noted that the problems were “not new” and had been identified in internal audits five years earlier.
Vaughan’s audit found that inspectors were not following up in ensuring compliance in most cases after uncovering problems during inspections of transportation of dangerous products in a variety of modes, including railways, roads, shipments on water and air.
