I appreciate your response, but that response is very difficult to believe, in the total sum of the $60 million and the uncertainty, potentially, even as the Auditor General said, as where up to $12 million of it went.... Perhaps I would encourage the President of the Treasury Board to evaluate these principles in an effort to determine where this funding really went.
Section 4.17 of the directive on the management of procurement states that both business owners and contracting authorities are responsible for “protecting [taxpayer dollars] from fraud, corruption, unethical business practices and collusive behaviour,” as well as “sharing information on...wrongdoing”, ensuring individuals do not accrue direct benefits, and requiring contractors and subcontractors to be “ethical” throughout their supply chains.
From the Auditor General's report, it's obvious that almost all of these requirements were repeatedly violated—