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The McDonnell Douglas FI8A shown here during its first flight Nov I8 in St Louis Missouri is still in the running for Canadas $23 billion fighter plane contract The other plane under considera tion is the General Dynamics to CF Photo Auditorgeneral cites facts Report tells horror stories OTTAWA CPi Spending of $360000 on BC flood cont rol project later halted for environmental reasons is among the host of government financial horror stories in the aiiditorgcncrals report released Thursday JJMacdonell said the dyke building project in the Fraser River Valley was halted on grounds the 200 acres of land on and near an 1ndian reservation were found to be valuable salt water marsh The result $3381001n unnecessary costs Other exam les of wastes money and ha financial pracA tice $143 million plan to re place lighthouse keepers with Lists overpayments of $142M to iobless OTTAWA li Unemploy niciit insurance officials did not follow proper procedures when regulations when it failed to in vite public tenders for four con tracts to advertise the unem program requinng employers to submit the social insurance numbers of all new employees the examiner Friday Nov 24 1978 remotecontrol stations by 1972 still has not been completed And the small reduction in lightkeepers achieved so far has been partly offset by an in creased number of technicians and other staff needed to run the partiallyautomated system CBC employee taking advantage of weak financial controls cashed 38751 worth of travel cheques issued for trips that were never taken The employee was sentenced to three years in prison for fraud but the money has not yet been recovered The government ordered the Royal Canadian Mint to de paitment refused to pay Statis tics Canada wOJIJOit was billed ftl services Despite that Sta tistics Canadas financial bal ance sheet says the payment was made The government made questionable investment of $5 million in Mainland ln vestment Ltd Nova Scotia canpany which fell apart after losing money in deal in vdving $4 million cruise ship The status of the $5 million is uncertain The Agricultural Stabiliza tion Board paid $38 million reimbursing farmers for cattle sold for slaughter at prices higher than govemmentset issuing about $15 billion of the ployment insurance program so they can be matched with velop new smaller onecent base prices The board has no total $351 billion in beiicfitspaid last year lists ofinsurance benefrcraries coin lt reversed the decision documean to prove the cattle rl last year says Atlfllttllrattltltll Employment Minister Bud Macdonells report contains and cancelled the min after were everslaughtered lli1icdonell ullcn later issued statement details of the $142 million in $2101110was spent The post office exceeded its In his annual report Thurs saying he is concerned by the overpayments last year to Pederal penitentiary authorized spending limit for $23billion fighter competition have been chosen for the final round Defence Minister Barney Danson said lhursday price was major factor in cabincts decision to pick the ticncral Dy namics Flti and the McDonnell Douglas FltlA for final negotiations Botharc US made planes He told the ommons only the i110 meets the government target of 130 to 150 planes for the $2lrbillion price the maximum Ottawa is prepared to spend The litlA comes close and the pressure will be on McDonnell Douglas to increase the number of planes it is offering Danson said final selection is unlikely until May orJunc Supply department source suggesttd last week it may be as fighter contest narrows OTTAWA LPi Two of the cheapest entries in tanadas First deliveries are expected in early 1023 Danson said six months behind the original schedule About 800 FitlAs have been sold to the Navy and Ma rine Corps The twinscngincd plane is larger than the lit and is air allwcather fighter major factor in tanada Danson said the lgtl8A has more advanced all weather ca pabilitics than the litti and may be easier to fit with new equipment in later cars The lvlti has acceptable capability and is the only one to meet the numbers target Danson said Since the plane has been bought by the US and four IZuiopean NATU allies anada would have equipment common to several iiat ions if ttawa buys the llti he said Danson and his military advisors said thc 1510 will be day Macdoncll cited examples of poor administration of the in surancc program including overpayments undcipaymcnts and practices that could cause abuse In somc cases the minimum employment required toqualify for benefits is sufficicnt ly short to causc the program to tune tion more as wclfare plan than an insurance plan The employment department had not followed government findings and plans to im plement new measures next year to prevent and deter abuse andfraud IRIXEITIUNtlHVlllw At the same time be said prosecutions and ad ministrativc penalties for cheaters have been increasing and he believes the public perception that the program is easy to ripoff is changing New measures will include Ottawa progressing claimants who did not qualify This was in addition to $67 mil lion in overpayments the gov ernment did detect and has tried to recover Macdonell drew these con clusions after studying benefits paid to sample of 1103 out of the 25 million recipients last year In 253 cases overpayments of between $03 and $161 were pa id ln nine cases potential over payments of up to $39 were found Total estimated payments $142 million DIDNT illI PEOPLE VCT guards and other prison staff were paid $162 million for overtime work in 19771978 The cost of this overtime has been mounting each year since the first sharp increase in 19711972 when the bill totalled $37 million The unemployment Insur ance Commission made be tween 319 million and $179 mil lion in undetected over payments to benefit claimants This was in addition to $67 mil lim in overpayments the gov emment had detected by catch ing fraud and abuse Thc department of public five consecutive months in amounts ranging from $840000 t0$lK30I0 The energy supplies alloca tion board paid $38 million too much compensation for im ported oil It has recovered $16 million but given up on the rest at least temporarily while the oil importer who repaid the $16 million takes the board to court in an effort to get the money back About 1310 persons left the country owing $18 million in taxes which the government cant collect because they are no longer Canadian residents two or three months laterthan that modified so it can operate in all weather conditions and tire 157 505 Omelals didnt lurks paid mlfiflm rem for Although Parliamentary Th Siltlllltiin£d t1i has had cnginc HUlllilc and tllt longerrange missiles use Proper followup practices trees ythat had been vacated by committee recommended 18A is carrierbased plane though it can be used on land The 1910 singleengincd plane has bad stalling prob dowrmmo Clummt agency three you Canada has no aircraft carriers The government is buying the new plane to replace aging CFltils for North American defence and llots with any adas NATO troops in Europe It will also take over term in flight oinpany officials say the problem is being cleared up and is not unusual in early development stages The first liiii production model flow for the first time new UTIA it lrcasiiry Board President ltobcrt Andras said lhursday the sheer size of government makes it spcndiiig that now has reached about sm billion year lll comments at news con lercncc came after Auditor icncral Macdoncll re leased an annual report saying public servants see the federal treasury as virtually bot toinlcss and that tax funds are spent itli lllllt regard to ccon only oiclticiciicy Andras said it is unrealistic to think lllt government will get to the ponit it here thcrc art no prolilciiis associated with spending Instrad it wanted to see that there is year by year icduc tion ltltlt was an ordinary corwration there would be grounds to ltllltt the board of directors agreed with Lawrence while Liberal Mls posed questions to diminish the reports negative impact lhings are definitely get ting bcttcr Macdoiicll reassured the Liberals Earlier in the oniliions posit ion Leader Joe lark urged the government to adopt Macdonclls latest proposals to increase control over public spending eligibility for bcncfits Such practices are designed to catch people for example who work proper procedure was likely $15billion he said Macdoncll said another source of abuse is the fact there is no law against sham trans actions Thcse are employ ment arrangements made sim ply to qualify person for bene fits He also estimath that be tween $0 million and $111 million legally owed to claimants was not paid tier The CW spent $77000 on other unoccupied office space The health and welfare de last week though somewhat similar proton pc has bwii up hm llllltlsml If hlsubum Limlllrmf filglltwllom moms al the sanw Canadas NATO role in Norway ndlcd bv liis crat in for some vcais rmh lv spending and financial mis ommons public accounts Macdoncll says this likely DJWWN MOTORS management mmmit tce where Mls had means that $050 million in bone 437 DUNK Wu HIE tut he maintained the gov their first chance to grill fits was paid without any fol 7260112 tlllllltlll is making pltitllcss In Micdoncll on the report lowupchecks 77 PM Mb Dr 305 ow lt ste its effort to gain control over ther onscrvzitivc Mls Iotal benefits paid Without enng power brakes CUT $4300 tort 79000 mls $2800 air cond cruise posit undercover 29900 mls Sharp $5200 76 Cordoba dr 360 power steering power brakes AM radio track air con cruise control deluxe interior 59900 mls Sharp 75 Ford Broughtn dr 400 automatic power steering power brakes air cond vinyl roof radials one owner ex cellent condition 61 800 mls 53500 cert 73 lntornotlonot Truck 345 18 van electric litigate runs well 76 Acdnn door hatchback cylinder standard trans radio side molding very clean 38600 mls $2400 con publishing the names of these taxpayers whose tax debts are written off no action was taken THE HUNTER AND FISH ERMANS DREAM here taking off on its maiden flight Aug 1977 in Fort Worth Texas The other plane competing for the contract is the McDonnell Douglas F718A planes still under consideration for Canadas $23 toiioisoi illl billion fighter plane contract The PM is shown llin Lawrence ilt This is the General Dynamics Fl6 one of two ortli Food donated to aid lnco strike families VANtUtYER itlr liir keys toys and 40 tons of fish have been donated to help Sud bury int families through the long and bitter strike against lnco Met als Ltd Dave Patterson leader of the 11700 strikers said lliuisday that with the support of the ltsl of the labor movement his members can hang on in their fight for new contract with the multinational nickel com pany The Federation of Labor pledged moral support and to tons of herring The Untaiio la bor movement is donating tur keys and members of the United Auto Workers in St Tathaiiiics tnt arc colltcting toys so Sudbury children will havc good liristinas Local tLitli ofthc tnitcd Stwl workers of America Wtlll on strike Sept 13 Spokcsmcn for lnco say the company has enough nickel stockpich to sup ply its customers for several months Patterson the marathon money manV is crossing the country to explain thc Sudhury situation and to appeal for sup port He said his union is deter mined to win good contract Were going to be like Lllt flea on the dogs back we an going to move around but we are not getting off anyoncs back IIJIADS Itllll Patterson told the lcilci ation lnco made more than $100 million last year yet it pleaded poverty at the bar gainingtablc The lnco base rate in June was St air hour plus 7trcciit tblrtllrllVltlL allowancc llic llll otter was for onc year extension of the old contract wit no increase lll wages or llt ctrst tllvlltlllitllltlllltt lhc sccond offer made after tlntario lrcmici William Davis intervened was for ltrccntan hour increase in wagcs but six cent an hour reduction in llititrstrtil livingallowance Patterson said lllt coin iiiiiiiity lll Siidliury basically one indiist town is behind the strikers The tire companics are coming across be said Ill an interview The small businesses are behind its because thcy know the guys with the lunclibuckcts pay tlic trciglit upthcrc tbcn bank threatened to tortclose on strikcrs mort gage lllt stcclwoikiis tliiiat tllttl rctaliat ion We told the bank manager we would get 101 stcclworkcrs to go in with $8 each to open atroiints and to go back lllt next day to ltlSt the accounts We said we would keep doing it The bank manager changed his mind about the lorwlosurc lattcrsnn said the work in mines and siiicltcis Is hard arid dirty and working conditions arcdeplorable He said llltlt is no job scciir ity and pensions are in adequate The company proposed to take away the gricvaikc procc duri won after thc 10th strike and replace it with less clim tivc system and it wanted to pay ovcrtiinc on 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