The public accounts committee of government is supposed to meet Thursday for the first time since March 15, but [Kevin Lamoureux] said it doesn't matter how often it meets because the committee is "useless. Quite frankly, the public accounts committee is a total and absolute farce," said Lamoureux. "It's the worst in the country when it comes to accountability. We need to overhaul it. It's not an issue of reform. It needs to be overhauled." "Government has far too much ability to delay and interfere with scheduling," said Tory Leader Hugh McFadyen. "The committee has to have some independence to set dates."
There's a number of reports on that list which aren't even relevant to what's happening today," [Len Derkach] said. "If you can't go through a report in six months something is wrong," he said. "I genuinely believe we are the worst in Canada," said [Kevin Lamoureux]. "I'm not saying we have to be the best but let's at least try to be mediocre.
... alleged perjury before a parliamentary committee. [2] These reasons pertain to two applications for... the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Public Accounts Committee) in respect to...
We try to set a date, someone can't make it, they try to set a date and we can't make it -- we're just going to legislate it," said [Gary Doer]. Doer's revelations on the two issues came after Tory Leader Hugh McFadyen questioned him about both in the legislature Wednesday. McFadyen said the creation of a privacy commissioner is a good move but comes seven years after Doer first made an election pledge to introduce one. "We need a committee in Manitoba with similar powers to other jurisdictions," said McFadyen. "To have more meetings with the same level of disclosure doesn't get us any further ahead.
The decline of civility in Parliament began with the Liberal Rat Pack in the 1980s, continued with the arrival of the sanctimonious Reform Party in the 1990s and has accelerated through the sponsorship scandal in the present decade to reach new lows in the Mulroney-Schreiber affair. [...] in the sponsorship scandal, the Conservatives mercilessly flayed the Liberals for corruption, in both the House and in the Public Accounts Committee, which could have been dismissed as a bad farce had so many personal reputations and corporate brands not come under attack.
Top of the opposition to-do list should be exposing the government's role in the Crocus scandal. The labour-sponsored, government-promoted Crocus Investment Fund disintegrated amid controversy last year after trading was suspended and the value of the shares held by some 30,000 investors had fallen dramatically. An investigation by the Auditor General's office found that the government saw red flags that trouble was brewing, but Crocus saw its mandate expanded rather than clipped or reviewed by the Industry Department. The auditor heard that someone in high office allowed this to happen, against the advice of bureaucrats. Manitobans still have not learned the name of that well-placed individual. Opposition MLAs have demanded that a public inquiry be called, but Mr. [Gary Doer] resists, ...
... resists, pointing to the fact the public accounts committee of the legislature can ask those questio...
Two fresh investigations have been launched into the mishandling of millions in the RCMP's pension and insurance funds after five Mounties broke ranks and accused the force's senior ranks of corruption and coverups. The accusations came out of public accounts meeting called to review Auditor General [Sheila Fraser]'s report into the management of the pension fund, which she found was wracked with spending abuses, nepotism and money improperly diverted from the pension and insurance plans to cover costs that should have been part of the RCMP's budget. I'm seriously concerned with the information that was presented (Wednesday) at the public accounts committee," [Stockwell Day] said. "The abuses in question which took place from 2000 to 2005 are of grave concern to us. Canada's new gover...
Technically, management was responsible, but they presented (the issue) to the board and the board didn't have the technical expertise," [JOHN Loewen] continues. "The government was responsible for overseeing, as was the securities commission and the lead broker, Wellington West. The commission just doesn't have the expertise and the community is too close in Manitoba... [Jon Singleton] told the legislature's public accounts committee in December 2005 that valuation issues "really have nothing to do with" the government. He further affirmed that the government was "not responsible for the fund's performance. "More and more we're using third parties outside government to deliver programs but we haven't invented sound accountability mechanisms for them. So whether we're talking about Cr...
Anne McLellan, a former public safety minister, and Reg Alcock, a former Treasury Board President, were called before the public accounts committee to explain when they knew about the alleged misuse of the Mounties' pension and insurance funds and how their departments handled complaints about claims of wrongdoing. Anyone who's aware of the schedule we've been following knows she's been very busy," said spokesperson Isabelle Serrurier. "Her doctor recommended she take a break.
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