Canada needs a comptroller general [seriousness of financial management problems disclosed by the auditor general's two year study of the financial practices of 34 crown corporations]

The Report of the Auditor General has received considerable attention. The press has raised a great concern about Atomic Energy's promotion policies and Polysar's pricing policies and the Public Accounts Committee has undertaken an investigation of these expenditures. While this concern ov...

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Published in:The Business quarterly 1977-04, Vol.42 (1), p.79-83
Main Author: Lord, R J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Accounting records
Anti inflation
Audits
Budgets
Canada
Capital expenditures
Comptrollers
Costs
Departments
Finance
Financial management
Government agencies
Parliaments
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Summary:The Report of the Auditor General has received considerable attention. The press has raised a great concern about Atomic Energy's promotion policies and Polysar's pricing policies and the Public Accounts Committee has undertaken an investigation of these expenditures. While this concern over apparent fiscal waste is appropriate, too little attention has been given to the far more serious financial management...
ISSN:0007-6996