Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, there's always a concern when there's criticism when we lose money. There's a criticism when we don't have enough accounting so money isn't recovered. The issue of accountable advances, though, is hard to get past. It would be difficult for us to offer up much of our programming dollars if we didn't allow the money to go out in advance of the program being undertaken. So we have to continue, I think, with the process of allowing for accountable advances. The goal is, of course, to make sure that we are watching for instances where the organization may be getting in trouble, and making sure that we aren't continuing to advance good money after bad, if you will. That's certainly something that we will be doing. In this instance, the department has followed up on the issue. There were obviously extensive efforts made to recover the funding and to pursue invoices to recover the monies, but we didn't get the money and the accounting was never actually provided either. The department is being more and more vigilant, but we are going to have to continue to use this kind of advancing of monies in order to make sure the non-profit organizations can get their operations underway. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 15th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 14th, 2004
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