Mr. Chairman, after reading the report on the evaluation of the financial operations of Expo 1992 I have some questions which I would like to ask the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. I was quite concerned when I saw
the way the office of the Comptroller General found, or how they reported that they had found the way the government operation was managed, especially in its bar and restaurant inventory. It was incredible to see that inventory control reports were not produced, that gross margin reports were not produced, there were no daily inventory procedures to ensure that food and liquor sales were recorded, guest tickets were used for food orders, but these were not pre-numbered or recorded. There were no procedures in place to ensure that liquor consumed corresponded to liquor sales. Mr. Chairman, the list of management deficiencies in controlling inventory and sales goes on and on.
Mr. Chairman, recognizing that these sort of things are the things that every bar manager or restaurant owner knows how to do everyday. I was wondering if the Minister could explain how the on site administration of our food and liquor operations could have been so badly carried out.