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Mon, 20 May 2013 04:09:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/whats-the-answer-to-the-missing-3-1-billion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/whats-the-answer-to-the-missing-3-1-billion/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 14:51:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=383908 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/whats-the-answer-to-the-missing-3-1-billion/feed/ 0 Either way, it's time to reform the estimates process http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/the-auditor-general-and-the-3-1-billion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/the-auditor-general-and-the-3-1-billion/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 17:05:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382173 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/the-auditor-general-and-the-3-1-billion/feed/ 0 Some of what the AG told the Public Accounts committee http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/while-were-at-lets-fix-the-whole-system/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/while-were-at-lets-fix-the-whole-system/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:28:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382147 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/while-were-at-lets-fix-the-whole-system/feed/ 0 The House debates the $3.1 billion in anti-terrorism funding http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/making-it-a-crime-to-obstruct-the-parliamentary-budget-officer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/making-it-a-crime-to-obstruct-the-parliamentary-budget-officer/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 12:38:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381982 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/making-it-a-crime-to-obstruct-the-parliamentary-budget-officer/feed/ 0 Bruce Hyer tables a proposal in the House http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/in-search-of-3-1-billion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/in-search-of-3-1-billion/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 20:16:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381604 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/08/in-search-of-3-1-billion/feed/ 0 The NDP make a demand http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/can-tony-clement-find-the-3-1-billion-in-the-public-accounts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/can-tony-clement-find-the-3-1-billion-in-the-public-accounts/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 17:26:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381212 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/can-tony-clement-find-the-3-1-billion-in-the-public-accounts/feed/ 0 Testing one of the government's defences http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/06/the-commons-it-is-the-ndps-fault-tony-clement-doesnt-know-where-that-3-billion-went/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/06/the-commons-it-is-the-ndps-fault-tony-clement-doesnt-know-where-that-3-billion-went/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 03:09:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=380987 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/06/the-commons-it-is-the-ndps-fault-tony-clement-doesnt-know-where-that-3-billion-went/feed/ 0 The Commons: The search for the $3.1 billion continues http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/improvements-to-search-and-rescue-pledged-after-auditor-complaints/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/improvements-to-search-and-rescue-pledged-after-auditor-complaints/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:32:21 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=380069 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/improvements-to-search-and-rescue-pledged-after-auditor-complaints/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Days after the auditor general’s sharp warning about Canada’s search-and-rescue capability, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/the-3-1-billion-question/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/the-3-1-billion-question/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:26:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379778 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/the-3-1-billion-question/feed/ 0 Can the Harper government say where that money went? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/what-good-are-the-public-accounts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/what-good-are-the-public-accounts/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:47:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379214 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/what-good-are-the-public-accounts/feed/ 0 A $3.1 billion question http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/auditor-general-cites-error-in-terrorism-fund-reporting-government-wide/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/auditor-general-cites-error-in-terrorism-fund-reporting-government-wide/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:47:59 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378926 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/auditor-general-cites-error-in-terrorism-fund-reporting-government-wide/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The federal auditor general says he’s been unable to properly track as... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/highlights-of-the-federal-auditor-generals-spring-report-to-parliament/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/highlights-of-the-federal-auditor-generals-spring-report-to-parliament/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:05:36 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378867 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/highlights-of-the-federal-auditor-generals-spring-report-to-parliament/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Highlights of the federal auditor general’s report, released Tuesday: — Aboriginal and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/search-and-rescue-system-in-need-of-rescue-says-auditor-general/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/search-and-rescue-system-in-need-of-rescue-says-auditor-general/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:01:55 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378865 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/search-and-rescue-system-in-need-of-rescue-says-auditor-general/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The federal auditor general says the country’s search-and-rescue system is in distress... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/feds-need-to-work-harder-to-crack-down-on-ei-overpayments-auditor-general/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/feds-need-to-work-harder-to-crack-down-on-ei-overpayments-auditor-general/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:18:28 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378649 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/feds-need-to-work-harder-to-crack-down-on-ei-overpayments-auditor-general/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The auditor general says Ottawa is overpaying employment insurance by at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/ag-takes-aim-at-residential-schools-diabetes-prevention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/ag-takes-aim-at-residential-schools-diabetes-prevention/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:14:24 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=378643 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/ag-takes-aim-at-residential-schools-diabetes-prevention/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The federal auditor general says two of the government’s key pillars meant... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/documents-what-documents-government-departments-ignore-committees-request/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/documents-what-documents-government-departments-ignore-committees-request/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:55:41 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=358548 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/documents-what-documents-government-departments-ignore-committees-request/feed/ 0 Only two of 13 departments and agencies targeted have replied, CP reports http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/the-public-accounts-committee-decides-its-only-so-interested-in-fiscal-sustainability/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/the-public-accounts-committee-decides-its-only-so-interested-in-fiscal-sustainability/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:00:40 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=358331 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/the-public-accounts-committee-decides-its-only-so-interested-in-fiscal-sustainability/feed/ 0 Deciding not to bother the finance department http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-f-35-the-conservatives-were-dead-right/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-f-35-the-conservatives-were-dead-right/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:53:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340320 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-f-35-the-conservatives-were-dead-right/feed/ 0 You might have thought that the auditor general’s report and the KPMG audit amounted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/harper-on-the-f-35/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/harper-on-the-f-35/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:26:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331389 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/harper-on-the-f-35/feed/ 0 From the Prime Minister’s interview with Global, Mr. Harper’s explanation of the F-35 procurement.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/the-prime-minister-at-years-end/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/the-prime-minister-at-years-end/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:30:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=330178 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/the-prime-minister-at-years-end/feed/ 0 From a pair of year-end interviews, the Prime Minister discusses the NHL lockout, Newtown,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/15/mythbusting-the-f-35/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/15/mythbusting-the-f-35/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:12:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=328683 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/15/mythbusting-the-f-35/feed/ 0 Aaron Wherry checks out the facts in the spin http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/12/cash-strapped-ontario-to-write-off-at-least-1-4b-in-unpaid-taxes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/12/cash-strapped-ontario-to-write-off-at-least-1-4b-in-unpaid-taxes/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:07:46 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327300 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/12/cash-strapped-ontario-to-write-off-at-least-1-4b-in-unpaid-taxes/feed/ 0 TORONTO – Ontario’s cash-strapped government plans to write off at least $1.4 billion in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/12/the-f-35-the-way-we-were/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/12/the-f-35-the-way-we-were/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:07:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327288 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/12/the-f-35-the-way-we-were/feed/ 0 Ahead of the release of the KPMG audit, here is the transcript of the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/the-commons-thomas-mulcair-attempts-to-conduct-an-intervention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/the-commons-thomas-mulcair-attempts-to-conduct-an-intervention/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:23:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326958 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/the-commons-thomas-mulcair-attempts-to-conduct-an-intervention/feed/ 0 Desk-thumping and 'fear mongering' about the F-35 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/unbelievable-unreliable-and-incredible/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/unbelievable-unreliable-and-incredible/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:33:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=308980 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/unbelievable-unreliable-and-incredible/feed/ 0 Scott Clark and Peter DeVries review the Auditor General’s recommendations on fiscal sustainability. In... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/the-commons-thomas-mulcair-and-stephen-harper-play-charades/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/the-commons-thomas-mulcair-and-stephen-harper-play-charades/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:38:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=306364 The Scene.... What does it mean to act? What is change? What does one]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/the-commons-thomas-mulcair-and-stephen-harper-play-charades/feed/ 0 The Scene.... What does it mean to act? What is change? What does one http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/what-does-parliament-know-about-what-the-government-is-doing-and-what-does-the-government-know-about-what-the-government-is-doing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/what-does-parliament-know-about-what-the-government-is-doing-and-what-does-the-government-know-about-what-the-government-is-doing/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:35:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=306316 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/what-does-parliament-know-about-what-the-government-is-doing-and-what-does-the-government-know-about-what-the-government-is-doing/feed/ 0 Jason Fekete reviews the auditor general’s findings. The report found the Finance Department examined... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/the-auditor-general-on-cyber-security-veterans-and-national-finance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/the-auditor-general-on-cyber-security-veterans-and-national-finance/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:32:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=306210 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/the-auditor-general-on-cyber-security-veterans-and-national-finance/feed/ 0 "Canadians do not have all the relevant information to understand the long-term impact of budgets" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/idea-alert-72/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/idea-alert-72/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:36:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296709 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/idea-alert-72/feed/ 0 Scott Clark and Peter DeVries review the recent trouble with omnibus budget bills and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/11/today-in-transparency/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/11/today-in-transparency/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:21:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292284 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/11/today-in-transparency/feed/ 0 The auditor general’s office, in order to fulfill an access to information requests, wants... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/checking-dnds-math/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/checking-dnds-math/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:56:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269068 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/checking-dnds-math/feed/ 0 From QP yesterday, Rona Ambrose explains why new cost estimates for the F-35 won’t... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/15/the-subjective-time-limit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/15/the-subjective-time-limit/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:37:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=267969 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/15/the-subjective-time-limit/feed/ 0 When the Harper government offered its seven-point response to the auditor general’s concerns about... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/still-waiting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/still-waiting/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:00:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=266150 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/12/still-waiting/feed/ 0 A new cost estimate for the F-35 apparently won’t be ready until the fall,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/no-need-to-keep-studying-the-f-35/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/no-need-to-keep-studying-the-f-35/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 13:30:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=261842 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/29/no-need-to-keep-studying-the-f-35/feed/ 0 The work of the parliamentary committee studying the F-35 procurement is apparently done. At... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/holding-pattern/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/holding-pattern/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:09:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/22/holding-pattern/feed/ 0 On May 1, as previously noted, I sent the following questions to the office... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/accounting-for-the-defence-department/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/accounting-for-the-defence-department/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 13:30:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258223 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/11/accounting-for-the-defence-department/feed/ 0 The mission in Libya cost significantly more than the Defence Minister once suggested. And... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/havent-made-that-choice/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/havent-made-that-choice/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:20:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257729 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/havent-made-that-choice/feed/ 0 Despite various commitments to and demands for a full 36-year lifecycle cost estimate for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/the-commons-a-long-night-of-known-unknowns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/the-commons-a-long-night-of-known-unknowns/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 04:22:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257705 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/10/the-commons-a-long-night-of-known-unknowns/feed/ 0 Less than 10 minutes into the evening, the NDP's Jack Harris seemed to give up hope http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/waiting-for-answers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/waiting-for-answers/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 12:30:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257558 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/waiting-for-answers/feed/ 0 The Globe reports that Defence officials made a trip to Washington last week to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/case-dismissed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/case-dismissed/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:51:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257320 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/case-dismissed/feed/ 0 Shortly after QP this afternoon, the Speaker dismissed Bob Rae’s question of privilege for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-commons-the-case-of-the-10-billion-typo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-commons-the-case-of-the-10-billion-typo/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 22:22:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256871 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-commons-the-case-of-the-10-billion-typo/feed/ 0 How does someone type 'definitions' instead of 'options analysis,' asked Megan Leslie http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-f-35-questions-that-need-to-be-asked/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-f-35-questions-that-need-to-be-asked/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 11:45:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256529 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/the-f-35-questions-that-need-to-be-asked/feed/ 0 Philippe Lagassé offers some free advice to the opposition. The key question that must... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/the-opposition-must-learn-to-ask-better-questions-about-the-f-35/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/the-opposition-must-learn-to-ask-better-questions-about-the-f-35/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:20:52 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256394 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/02/the-opposition-must-learn-to-ask-better-questions-about-the-f-35/feed/ 0 Here's a good one: Why is this jet the only possible future fighter aircraft for the Canadian Forces? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/when-will-the-lifecycle-cost-be-explained/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/when-will-the-lifecycle-cost-be-explained/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:11:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256121 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/when-will-the-lifecycle-cost-be-explained/feed/ 0 The full lifecycle cost of the F-35 remains elusive. DND’s deputy minister, Robert Fonberg,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/attempting-to-demand-the-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/attempting-to-demand-the-truth/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 15:31:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256081 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/01/attempting-to-demand-the-truth/feed/ 0 Beyond the matter of the toy shuttles and beneath the daily debate over the...