EVERY NEWFOUNDLANDER AND LABRADORIAN SHOULD RECEIVE A COPY OF THIS REPORT - SURELY WE CAN AFFORD TO SEE OUR OWN ACCOUNTS - CONSIDERING WHAT ELSE WE CAN AFFORD!
ASK YOUR MHA FOR A COPY....
Here read some more...
Other issues identified at the House ofAssembly establishment included:
(a) Inaccurate IEC annual reports tabled in the House ofAssembly
The actual constituency expense amount for Members in the annual reports, for the most part, did not agree with the information in Government's Financial Management System (FMS). Even though it has now been identified that some Members claimed in excess of what was approved by the IEC, thereports incorrectly showed that all Members' claims were within the approved limits. As a result, Members of the House of Assembly and the public were provided with incorrect information.
(b) IEC did not publicly disclose additional allowances to Members
In May 2004, the IEC made a decision to pay each Member of the House of Assembly $2,875. Minutes of IEC meetings, which are tabled in the House ofAssembly, are so vague on this matter that it is not possible for the public to know that each Member was to receive an additional allowance of $2,875. Additional allowances were not an unprecedented occurrence and were made a number of times in prior years. Information on the dates and amounts was not available because the minutes ofIEC meetings were so vague. The former Clerk of the House of Assembly indicated that, in prior
years, the IEC suggested to him that the IEC minutes should be kept vague on financial matters such
as additional allowances to Members.
AND
(c) Non-compliance with the
The was contravened in two instances: (i) allowances and assistance were charged in error to other activities; and actual allowances and assistance expenditures of $5,648,119 exceeded the amended estimate of $5,418,100 by $230,019.
(e) Non-compliance with the Financial Administration
Act The House of Assembly establishment contravened the
Financial Administration Act in two instances as follows:
(i)
were charged in error to other activities; and Actual allowances and assistance
expenditures of $5,648,119 exceeded the amended estimate of $5,418,100 by $230,019.
The Act prohibits entering into a commitment to pay for goods or services unless there are sufficient funds available to meet the commitment.
These are excerpts from the AG Report - are you satisfied?
3 comments:
Some other blog already covered this in much greater detail and showed how much more money is unaccounted for than even Noseworthy is talking about.
Maybe you could edit your stuff before you post it
Any member who received that $2875 payment better have remitted $375 to the feds for hst or else,because they have tax arrears,they are not eligible to sit as an MHA.
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