Auditors have uncovered spending irregularities by the Embassy of Canada to Senegal, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “There is room for improvement,” said auditors in an audit. The audit period coincided with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Senegalese tour in a failed bid to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Auditors cited a lack of controls on contracting. They examined spending from 2019 to 2022 at the Embassy of Canada to Senegal, which was the second largest Canadian mission in Africa with a $9.4 million annual budget. Of the 41 contract inspections at random, they found 10 had irregularities, including invoice padding “where an amendment was made to pay for an item that was already planned for in the contract.” They uncovered cases of contract splitting — a breach of Treasury Board of Canada rules where managers split a large expense into incremental payments to avoid scrutiny. “There was one transaction where the supplier’s name in the financial and administrative system did not match the supplier’s name on the invoice,” said auditors. “A number of purchases made using the petty cash accounts were not supported by invoices from the supplier.” The audit period coincided with Trudeau’s 2020 campaign to win a seat on the UN Security Council at an $8.9 million cost. Canada finished third in balloting that year behind Norway and Ireland. Auditors have conducted ongoing checks at foreign missions worldwide since Global Affairs Canada discovered in 2016 employees ran a $1.7 million fraud ring at the Embassy of Canada to Haiti. Thirteen employees were fired. Auditors identified improper contracting at Canadian embassies and consulates in Central and South America in 2022. READ MORE: Audit finds trouble at Canadian embassies in Latin America“The audit team noted a contract valued at $500 million, which is unusual since no mission has a budget of that magnitude,” said the auditors. “This was confirmed to be an error.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Auditors have uncovered spending irregularities by the Embassy of Canada to Senegal, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “There is room for improvement,” said auditors in an audit. The audit period coincided with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Senegalese tour in a failed bid to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Auditors cited a lack of controls on contracting. They examined spending from 2019 to 2022 at the Embassy of Canada to Senegal, which was the second largest Canadian mission in Africa with a $9.4 million annual budget. Of the 41 contract inspections at random, they found 10 had irregularities, including invoice padding “where an amendment was made to pay for an item that was already planned for in the contract.” They uncovered cases of contract splitting — a breach of Treasury Board of Canada rules where managers split a large expense into incremental payments to avoid scrutiny. “There was one transaction where the supplier’s name in the financial and administrative system did not match the supplier’s name on the invoice,” said auditors. “A number of purchases made using the petty cash accounts were not supported by invoices from the supplier.” The audit period coincided with Trudeau’s 2020 campaign to win a seat on the UN Security Council at an $8.9 million cost. Canada finished third in balloting that year behind Norway and Ireland. Auditors have conducted ongoing checks at foreign missions worldwide since Global Affairs Canada discovered in 2016 employees ran a $1.7 million fraud ring at the Embassy of Canada to Haiti. Thirteen employees were fired. Auditors identified improper contracting at Canadian embassies and consulates in Central and South America in 2022. READ MORE: Audit finds trouble at Canadian embassies in Latin America“The audit team noted a contract valued at $500 million, which is unusual since no mission has a budget of that magnitude,” said the auditors. “This was confirmed to be an error.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
