Auditor General Michael Ferguson has found problems with the federal government's plans to expand Canadian prisons, with agreements to provide for First Nations policing and with management of money set aside to develop the North.
In his spring 2014 report tabled Tuesday in Parliament, Ferguson found Canada isn't saving as much as expected from shutting down two prison facilities and is spending money to expand others that are in poor condition, requiring upgrades.
Ferguson will discuss his report at 11:30 a.m. ET. CBCnews.ca will carry his press conference live.
He also found:
- There's little input from First Nations in the First Nations policing program.
- The $152-billion public-sector pension plan needs better risk assessment and planning. The Department of Finance says it does that assessment, but wouldn't share it with the auditor general, citing cabinet confidence.
- The $52-million Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency isn't properly monitoring the money it hands out and doesn't collect enough information from recipients to know whether they're complying with the terms of their agreements.
- Statistics Canada provides good national numbers, but has a harder time breaking out data for small geographic areas and population breakdowns.
- The process to find a moving company for civil servants is inefficient, with the government sending a request for proposals before drawing up its plan to find the service provider.
Canada's penitentiaries will be over capacity again soon after the current round of expansions is complete, Ferguson says in his report.
More than 2,000 new cells were to be added by last month, but inmates are likely to be double-bunking again within a few years of the end of construction as they reach or exceed capacity again, it says. Auditors were told Correctional Service Canada hasn't finalized plans to address the shortfall.
But the way the new cells are being added is increasing transfer costs, the audit found.
Public Safety Canada expanded prisons with available land already within the existing secure perimeters, so auditors found that the expansions weren't proportionate to the expected increases. That has meant increased cost to move prisoners around.
Corrections nearly doubled the number of offenders transferred from Ontario and prairie prisons to the Pacific and Atlantic regions, leading to more than double the cost — from $1.5 million in 2010-2011 to $3.4 million in the first nine months of 2013.
Canadian penitentiaries held 14,200 offenders in 2009, and that increased to 15,224 by March 2013, close to the government's projection of 15,270. At the time, there were only 14,807 cells to accommodate them. The completed construction is expected to house 16,700 inmates in single cells.
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