Sentences with phrase «auditor general said»

On Wednesday, a report published by Quebec's interim auditor general said the PQ's goal of achieving a balanced budget by 2015 - 16 was «to say the least, ambitious,» particularly if it rules out tax hikes and caps government - spending increases at two per cent over the next two years.

Those gas - fired plants were originally going to be built in Mississauga and Oakville until the Liberals cancelled them days before the 2011 election, which the auditor general said would cost ratepayers up to $ 1.1 billion.

«Alarmingly the Auditor General said that while $ 200 million was the amount he could track, the processes were so poor he had no idea how much was being spent within individual government agencies as part of the project,» Mr Buswell said.

The auditor general says the state government has made a good start on its $ 400 million land asset sales program but improvements could be made, following criticism earlier this week that some properties are being sold at a loss.

Contrary to government claims, Ontario's auditor general says the province's deficit is $ 11.7 billion.

But its own Auditor General says this «is not accurate.»

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Auditor General Colin Murphy said the project was two years late and its viability was under serious threat.

McGowan said the government must scrap low - wage jobs from the program and suspend its use for medium to high - skilled workers pending an investigation by the auditor general.

«In utilities you do some of that to smooth rates, but what the auditor general is concerned about is this technique is being abused,» Ralston said.

The auditor general is concerned the dollar amount is building up rapidly and there's no plan to get out of it, said Ralston, noting the total deferred amount is projected to hit $ 5 billion by 2017.

«The auditor general's report found that the program is not overseen properly, full stop,» Robinson said.

«Rules were broken,» says interim Auditor General John Wiersema.

It appears that the PCs are both understating the condition of disrepair of hospitals and in some cases, using their power to move projects up the priority list in order to benefit the political interests of PC caucus members at the expense of the health of those living in more needy communities» said Notley In a written response to a request from NDP Leader Rachel Notley, the Auditor General has committed to an audit of the government's capital planning process.

«The Auditor - General should get on this one,» said Thomas Lemieux, professor at the University of British Columbia and president of the Canadian Economics Association.

«Reaching those who are still not claiming is a formidable challenge, and requires the use of a number of different approaches, tailored to meet the needs of particular groups,» said auditor general John Bourn.

«The first full results of the new tax credit scheme since its introduction in April 2003 show that the level of claimant error and fraud was unacceptably high,» said auditor general John Bourn.

A statement released, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, by the EC and signed by its Director of Communications, Eric Dzakpasu said «candidates are to take note of the requirement to declare their assets to the Auditor General in order to meet the eligibility criteria.»

Nwosu, who is the Auditor - General for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local goverGeneral for Local Governments in Imo State, said, «At the local government level, with the granting of financial autonomy to the local government councils, there arose a greater need to strengthen the capacity of the office of auditors - general for local govergeneral for local governments.

Earlier, Nwosu said the country could not entrench accountability and transparency in the public service without guaranteed autonomy through administrative and financial independence for auditors - general at the three tiers of government.

He said, «I want to urge the Conference of the Auditors - General for Local Governments in Nigeria to join hands with the Senate in ensuring that governments at all levels get all the revenues that are due to them.»

Sir John Bourn, the comptroller and auditor general, said: «Consultants are central to the work of our national health service and deserve to be paid properly for the work that they do.

Auditor general John Bourn said government action must now be focused on tackling the «hard core of individuals who repeatedly behave in anti-social way» - 20 per cent of the sample received 55 of all interventions.

An Auditor General's report released in 2010, however said the amount was paid illegally to the businessman.

Continuing he said: «I would have wished that the country can even adopt this, that, anytime there is an outgoing administration they appoint an Auditor - General so he is not under the influence of the one who appointed him and he owes no allegiance to the one who comes in.

Joe Morrissey, an auditor for the state's inspector general, said his probe of bank statements and receipts showed that Wills blew some $ 21,000 on personal expenses from $ 33,000 allocated to his New York 4 - Life nonprofit from the state Office of Children Family Services.

In the report on South Huntington, which covered July 2014 through December 2015, auditors said the school board and district officials overestimated general fund appropriations in the last three adopted budgets, resulting in operating surpluses totaling approximately $ 10.6 million.

However an Auditor General's report released in 2010, said the amount was paid illegally to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier.

OccupyGhana in a statement copied to citifmonline.com said, «Since 12th November, 2014 OccupyGhana ® has been battling the Auditor - General, urging him...

The Auditor - General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has said eleven people indicted in the Auditor General report will be surcharged today to refund monies they misappropriated.

The auditors also found some questionable expenses that they would like eliminated and just determine general industry practices that would help improve the situation for NYRA's racing operations,» said Johnson.

He said this at the ongoing public sitting of the Committee in Ho on the Auditor General's reports for year 2015 and 2016.

He said this at the ongoing public sitting of the Committee in Ho on the Auditor General's reports for year 2015...

Kogi State Government lost N213 billion to 18, 211 ghost workers in the past 13 years, the state Auditor - General, Mr Okala Yusuf, has said.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner called last week for a moratorium on new charter and cyber charter schools, pending an overhaul of a funding system that he said has resulted in serious inequities in how taxpayers finance those alternatives to regular public schools.

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is unable to adequately assess and track potentially millions of tax cheats in the country because of lack of resources, and weak oversight and enforcement practices, the federal Auditor - General said Tuesday.

While the Auditor General in her annual report (released December 10, 2013) had some scathing things to say about the hierarchy at OPG the fact is they have been instrumental in keeping electricity rates down.

The Auditor - General for Ontario in his 2011 report said that NO cost - benefit analysis or business case study has ever been done for Ontario's green energy program.

In late April, the provincial Office of the Auditor General (OAG) slammed the carbon project, in part because it said commercial loggers in the region are more likely to practice «sustained - yield» logging — which involves harvesting slowly over time.

Northumberland View — December 11, 2014 Queen's Park — The Auditor General confirmed what the PC Caucus has said all along — the Liberal government has made a mess of the energy file, Ontario PC Interim Leader Jim Wilson said today during the final Question Period exchange for 2014.

You may want to check out what Canada's Auditor General has to say about the Pacific Carbon Trust — the government entity charged with collecting the carbon tax in British Columbia.

... Jane Wilson, president of Wind Concerns Ontario, a coalition of citizens» groups critical of Ontario's wind energy program, said the report underscores what two Auditors General told the McGuinty and Wynne governments — they should not have launched the program without any cost - benefit analysis.

Some environmentalists are appalled - «Bruce wants to portray itself as a big cuddly bear» said one, and it is unfortunate that this was announced on the same day that the Auditor General denounced the sale of the Bruce as too expensive and that the rates were too high.

«The Auditor General of Ontario estimates that the province has already lost close to $ 2 billion on surplus wind exports, and figures from the electricity grid operator show the ongoing losses are $ 200 million annually», says the report.

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Porter says Ontario's auditor general's report is correct that the government can borrow money at lower rates than the private sector, but that isn't the whole story.

A report released in May by Auditor General Michael Ferguson says that although some steps have been taken, these are «not sufficient» and there are still irregularities in the process.