But with no new money on offer in 2019, the office had to drop five audits of the government’s performance, including on cyber crime and Arctic sovereignty. We would have been able to do the work that was expected,” said Andrew Hayes, the deputy auditor general. David Christopherson, a veteran NDP MP, said he had never before heard an auditor general tell a parliamentary committee that the office was unable to fulfil its mandate. This government already has a bit of a deficiency on the democratic frontThe five performance audits cancelled this year were about combating cyber crime, protecting Canada’s North, heritage service to Canadians, training for service delivery and the government’s travel system, said Ricard. … I am beside myself, this is not acceptable.”Martin Potvin, a spokesman for the Treasury Board Secretariat, said the government is committed to supporting the work of the auditor general.

Source: National Post May 15, 2019 22:26 UTC