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Improved financial management is needed to support complex defence operations

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

While National Defence has taken steps to improve financial management and control, its systems and practices do not adequately support financial decision-making for the medium or long term, says Sheila Fraser, the Auditor General of Canada, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons.


Efforts to protect fish habitat have been inadequate

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment Canada cannot demonstrate that they are adequately protecting fish habitat as the Fisheries Act requires them to do, says Scott Vaughan, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in his Report tabled today in the House of Commons.


Government's climate change plans do not meet requirements of the Act

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

The government's first two climate change plans under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act are missing some of the information required under the Act, says Scott Vaughan, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in his Report tabled today in the House of Commons.


Inadequate controls allowed a conflict of interest and improper payments of more than $3.2 million

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) failed to identify a conflict of interest when a consultant who helped it develop two contribution programs also worked for organizations that received funding under the same programs, says Sheila Fraser, the Auditor General of Canada, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons. Her office undertook the audit of the management of five contribution agreements in response to concerns raised by NRCan's internal auditors.


Auditor General releases overview of special examinations of Crown corporations for 2008

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

In her Report tabled today in the House of Commons, the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, included an overview of the special examinations of Crown corporations completed in 2008. The Report notes that three of the eight Crown corporations that underwent special examinations in 2008 had significant deficiencies.


Inaction leads to unnecessary interest costs

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

The government has incurred at least $90 million in unnecessary interest costs over the past three years on amounts deposited with the Canada Revenue Agency, says Sheila Fraser, the Auditor General of Canada, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons.


Canada Welcomes Iran's Release of Roxana Saberi

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding Iran's release of American journalist Roxana Saberi


The Government of Canada supports the Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité de l'Ontario

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Mr. Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orléans, and Mrs. Shelly Glover, Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages and Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface, are pleased to announce $2 million in funding for the Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité de l'Ontario (RDEE Ontario) under the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities.


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