Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 2000 Canada a3 Treasury is owed just Ottawa says opposition attacks government figures by Jim Brown Ottawa the government presented its Bottom line in the human resources Grants scan dal insisting the Federal trea sury is owed just in overpayment on More than billion handed but the numbers ignored millions poured into contentious some under police critics dismissed the official Arith Metic As a it is Clear to me that this government does not want to be said Canadian Alliance my Diane it is simply doing a very High handed exercise in damage human resources minister Jane appearing at a commons com Mittee delving into the said her officials reviewed All of the departments Active files involving spending of these Are the hard she the outstanding debt to the government is it turned that she was choosing her words and her numbers a department report indicated Over payments to recipients of Job literacy and other Grants Actu ally amounted to some most of that has since been recovered the bulk of it a repayment announced in March by the Montrea based Cable to if the Money already repaid is subtracted from the the result is the figure quoted by another was listed by the department As ing previously disclosed and made Public for the first time officials said that Money was delivered to Grant recipients but could not subsequently be justified by receipts and since All the projects were still in the Cash was simply deducted from later cheques and not counted officially As the department described that approach As a recognized accounting saying it Doest mean there was any wrongdoing or mismanage not included at All in the report were a dozen or More human resources projects police Are investigating plus at least eight More from other organizations like the Atlantic Canada opportunities we need to let the cops do their said an official who spoke on condition of if their work shows that further Steps Are needed to recover More Money the government will be very eager to take those but we cant prejudge any of those Stewart said two months ago she was aware of nine police investigations involving her since then the government has acknowledged at least four More files have been referred to the but the minister would not comment yesterday on How Many inquiries Are still she did disclose the Cost to human resources of sorting through the thou Sands of files and cleaning up the depart ments lax administrative procedures about so far in Over time and payments to outside Consul conservative my Jean Dube accused the government of trying to hide the extent of the problem and play Down the loss of its scandalous what there doing said they should be honest and open to bloc quebecois Leader Gilles Dueppe contended the True difficulty is not one of bookkeeping but of political meddling in the awarding of Stewart is paying no attention to the real problems that bother like trafficking in influx Dueppe told the the minister has been under fire since an internal made Public in Janu indicated More than billion was flowing out of human resources Annu ally without adequate monitoring and opposition parties have pointed the Finger at prime minister Jean Chretien and various Cabinet accusing them of directing Cash to their own rid Ings for political they want a Public inquiry to exam Ine details of the Grant As Well As Protection for civil servants who vide Stewart describes the problem As an already been taken to tighten account ing and record keeping the audit said paper was she repeated toe audit did not say Money was and this is something some critics grossly misunderstood and the ree press 1 its Worth knowing travel m 0x104 your vacation the Winnipeg free Sony music Canada and Caa travel want to Send you to meet the Dixie Chicks in Calgary on june Tor the sound of the Jet for your Chance to be the 4th caller through and youll automatically win a copy of the Dixie Fly or 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