Buckdog: Saskatchewan's Auditor General BLASTS Brad Wall For Government Financial Records That Are 'Wrong"
Saskatchewan's Auditor General BLASTS Brad Wall For Government Financial Records That Are 'Wrong"
REGINA — The provincial auditor is waving a red flag over the government's main operating account, saying that the general revenue fund (GRF) financial statements are "full of errors" and masking a massive deficit of nearly $600 million, rather than a surplus of about $60 million as reported at the end of the 2012-13 fiscal year.
In fact, the auditor's office has gone so far as to issue an "adverse'' opinion of the GRF, the first time in the province's history that the provincial auditor has refused to endorse the GRF financial statements. "Adverse audit opinions are very rare, in both the public and private sector,'' acting provincial auditor Judy Ferguson told reporters Wednesday.