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2000 October Report of the Auditor General of Canada

October 2000 Report—Chapter 11

Exhibit 11.18—Information on Results—High-Value Projects

Saskatchewan Indian Training and Assessment Group Inc. (over $1.1 million)

This project was to assist 112 First Nations' youth who were out of school and unemployed to make the transition from school to work, by providing them with relevant work experience and personal and work-related skills development. The project was to be completed over a seven-month period from 1 September 1998 to 31 March 1999. The results achieved by this project were not recorded on file or in the departmental information system.

UBI Soft Divertissements Inc. (over $2.3 million)

HRDC provided a wage subsidy to a computer software company over an 11-month period to March 1999 to assist 242 participants and to create about 120 full-time jobs. However, there is no information in the project file on how many youth attained full-time employment or returned to school. The departmental information system shows only that 180 were employed.

Public Technologies Multimedia Inc. (about $740,000)

This project was to create permanent employment for 79 youth who had formal training in multimedia but needed practical experience. The project was completed in June 1999, but there is no information in the project file on how many youth found permanent employment as a result of the YIC intervention or returned to school. The departmental information system shows only that 73 youth were employed.

Source: Analysis based on departmental records