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"I've never heard of that, where they open it up, and 'Oooh, extra surprises,' " said Rob Warren, director of the Asper School of Business. "If I win the tender and I turn around and give someone unrestricted monies, that to me is definitely not ethical."
"I think it's a matter of doing further analysis and righting any wrongs that are happening with the value adds, and I think that's what the WRHA is endeavouring to do," [Theresa Oswald] said. "If there's money going to corporate, going to conferences, we'll want clarification going forward.""It's got nothing to do with employees, nothing to do with board members, that policy, that definition is a poorly worded definition. "Obviously it's not cash, as in a bunch of $1,000 bills. If you are going to be given a cash value-added benefit then we're to ensure the cheque is made payable to WRHA finance, forwarded to logistics, and then it'll be deposited."See the full content of this document
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What's in the Envelope?
Health authority makes 'value-added' contracts the way to do business
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has accepted more than $20 million in money, equipment and other gifts from medical suppliers since 2000 -- money senior officials admit was handed over in brown envelopes from companies who won health contracts in the region.The funds are part of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's "value-added" policy -- a prac...See the full content of this document
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