本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Nov. 30, 2006. 04:00 PM
ROB FERGUSON
QUEEN’S PARK BUREAU
Ontario’s auditor general will expose “questionable” spending such as the purchase of SUVs over $50,000 for executives at some children’s aid societies in his report next week, according to a report leaked Thursday.
The spending also included trips by children under children’s aid care to the Caribbean under the supervision of staff, including a weeklong resort stay in St. Martin.
This comes at a time when the auditor general’s review of some children’s aid cases found first visits to probe children at risk were an average of three weeks late, with some children never being seen at all.
“I think the public is going to be outraged when they hear this,” retired homicide detective Michael Davis, who has reviewed hundreds of child deaths under children’s aid care, is quoted telling CBC radio, which obtained the documents.
The report did not name any of the province’s 53 children’s aid societies directly, but the auditor general’s review included societies in Toronto, Peel Region, York Region and Thunder Bay.
Children and Youth Services Minister Mary Anne Chambers wouldn’t comment in detail on the leaked report but acknowledged she has been made aware of some of the issues.
“I am not hiding from anything,” she said. “I will look forward to taking whatever action is necessary.”
The Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies refused comment until Tuesday, when the report will be released.
"It’s appalling,’’ said NDP children’s critic Andrea Horwath (Hamilton East).
The revelations, to be detailed on Tuesday in the auditor general annual report, are expected to be a hot topic in question period Thursday at the Ontario legislature.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
