From 2014 to 2017, federal, provincial and municipal governments and agencies spent at least $4.7 million on language services from Able Translations, public records show — everything from interpretation at legal proceedings to translation of medical records. This issue keeps coming up," wrote Fahreen Rayani, an Alberta WCB employee, to Able's vice-president and co-owner, Annabelle Teixeira, on Feb. 17, 2016. The previous autumn, CBC News and the Toronto Star had published stories about workers' troubles in getting paid by Able. Teixeira responded at length to the Alberta WCB, concluding, "Finally, we have never had a cheque returned NSF" (non-sufficient funds). About five months later, in April 2016, the WSIB extended its contract with Able Translations for two more years.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2019 09:00 UTC