2000 October Report of the Auditor General of Canada

Exhibit 11.20—Payments for Expenses Incurred Outside the Funding Period

The WITT National Network received $100,000 under an National Sectoral Adjustment Service agreement to evaluate its Construction Technology for Women program. A letter from the sponsor indicates that $52,000 worth of the work had already been completed before the agreement funding period started in April 1998. In our view, the claim for that part of the work should have been ineligible.
The Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council (CTHRC) received an advance of $35,438 under a Delivery Assistance agreement. Four months after the agreement ended in March 1998, the sponsor submitted its total claim for $8,523. In a subsequent note to file, the project officer allowed the sponsor to claim an additional $16,823 for expenses incurred before the agreement. After adjustments, the CTHRC reimbursed the Receiver General $8,879.

Source: Analysis based on departmental records