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Auditor General's Report: Highlights Of Michael Ferguson's Spring Briefing

Posted: 04/ 3/2012 10:08 am Updated: 04/ 4/2012 12:25 pm

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OTTAWA - Highlights of the auditor general's spring report to Parliament, delivered Tuesday:

— National Defence failed to inform Parliament about the full costs of new jet-fighters, broke key procurement rules, and put the fix in for buying F-35s.

— Canada's border agency allowed forbidden medical devices and other health-related products to slip into the country, largely because it hasn't been communicating properly with Health Canada.

— Canada Revenue Agency needs to be sharper in identifying Canadians who fail to pay their income taxes.

— Transport Canada is not properly targeting high-risk flying operations for safety inspections and procedures.

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Pilatunes
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04:39 PM on 04/03/2012
Just curious to know if anyone has seen a military procurement exercise that didn't stink like day old fish?
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Rusty Bucket
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03:58 PM on 04/03/2012
I’m surprised the Conservatives haven’t rolled the Auditor General into the Finance Department and “Move Forward”, putting this challenge behind them as they have done before.
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Taylor Jay
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03:16 PM on 04/03/2012
Canada is pissing off the international community with our arrogance... Were gonna need some sort of jet
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albertarick
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11:33 AM on 04/03/2012
The plane boondoogle is a sad commentary of how committed the Conservatives noses are to supporting their American Republican freinds. Not that the recently reported submarines purchased by the Liberals from the UK is any less sad.
I wonder who is not paying their taxes?????? CRA is pretty good at making sure I pay mine. Is this going to be investigated, or swept under the rug, like so many other inconvenient "patronage" situations. If we don't hear about it again we can rest assured the Conservatives have been giving their base, foreign interests and large corporations, a head start on the race to the bottom, of which they seem so fond of as tax policy.
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lismore
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11:16 AM on 04/03/2012
The F-35. The wrong plane? Yes, it does not defend our domain although it might provide inter-operability with the USA and other countries foolish enough to sign on to this boon-doggle. And Canada has already invested $335 million? Wow! Who took us down this path? What should be their reward?
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12:56 PM on 04/03/2012
The Liberals in 1997.
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