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MikeyDB

House Member
Jun 9, 2006
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Taxpayers should be fuming..

“Former football great Ron Stewart seems to have saved some of his best dekes for after he hung up his cleats.”

Auditor General Sheila Fraser issued a scathing report into the ex-running back's later career as ombudsman for federal prison inmates, charging he skipped work, billed personal expenses to the taxpayer and travelled on the public dime to destinations unrelated to his duties.
Had we not heard similar tales in the past, it would be shocking.
Fraser found Stewart collected $325,000 in improper or questionable salary, vacation pay and expenses from 1998 to 2004. Her probe didn't extend to the other 21 years he had the job. She said he was often absent from work, rarely attended staff meetings, frequently couldn't be reached by aides, and charged the government for travel apparently unrelated to his work.
Fraser wouldn't comment directly on whether any of the alleged misconduct amounted to criminal wrongdoing, but she noted pointedly: "We have referred the file to the RCMP."
There were other horror stories in Fraser's report, including:
* Rampant mismanagement in a sampling of seven of the 88 information technology projects launched since 2003.
* Controls on public servants' charge cards were lax at the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency, though only a few instances of direct abuse.
* Government was not vigilant enough about recouping $82 million in overpayments under Old Age Security program.
* Treaty negotiations with First Nations in British Columbia were badly bogged down, with not a single treaty signed as costs skyrocket to $426 million since 1993.
In the private sector, such mismanagement would have dire consequences. Policies would be redrawn; heads would roll.
What can taxpayers expect here?”

$426 MILLION

I think we can answer that question of who the stupidest people in the world are….

CANADIANS!



 

cdn_bc_ca

Electoral Member
May 5, 2005
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That guy should be forced to pay back all the expenses the taxpayers paid for that are categorized as personal. Such as the trips to the Greycup, etc...

His pension should also be reduced...

Somehow I don't think that that alone is enough punishment.