alarm over b.c. legislature spending was sounded more than a decade ago - touch screen desk

Darryl Plecas's blockbuster report is not the first time we have heard about it in B. C. Legislature.
On Monday, he released a report outlining the thousands of dollars he said would be charged to the legislature for double fees, including luxury cars, high-end suits and accessories, and luxury travel and accommodation. Sergeant-at-
Gary Lenz and the clerk at Craig James's residence were not charged with any crimes and denied all misconduct.
They said they read the allegations against them for the first time in Plecas's report.
None of these have been confirmed, nor have there been criminal charges.
The allegations are being investigated by two special prosecutors and the RCMP. 8 jaw-
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The speaker's Report 2007, and then the auditor general, Arn van Iersel, highlighted the issues in the audit.
He prepared a Stern report on the bookkeeping of the legislature, which was later released by his successor, John Doyle.
Doyle said at the time that it was almost impossible to judge whether there was a shortage of funds and criticized the absence of an annual report.
Five years later, he gave the provincial legislature, then $63 million, a failed score --a-year budget.
It's $80 million now.
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Politicians want to know what it took for so long "The numbers don't make sense and there's no evidence to support ".
So, this is not some esoteric discussion about accounting rules.
This is basic bread and butter.
"It's not good," said Doylesaid.
He said that for the past three years, the speaker's office has not prepared financial statements, has not requested receipts for MLAs expense accounts, and has not properly reconciled its bank balances.
Doyle said that at the time, if the speaker's office had implemented the accounting advice he had put forward in the 2007 audit, most of the cases could have been avoided.
The spokesman was Bill Barisoff of the BC Liberal Party, who left office in 2013 after eight years in office.
On 2014, new spokesperson Linda Reid was called to the carpet for spending the renovation of the office.
Reid spent $120,000 on fees and renovations, including $48,000 on upgrading to a Speaker's desk with a new touchscreen computer.
The Plecas report questioned retirement spending of $258. She was also forced to repay a business class ticket to South Africa, which was the cost of her husband accompanying her to a meeting of the Commonwealth Parliament.
Her successor was Steve Thomson, who started working in less than a year due to the Liberal Party's failure to form a government.
Look at how the scandal has happened in the last two months: "incredible and shocking" de Mo Travis integrity executive directorC.
It was disappointing to say that knowing that it might have been blocked a long time ago.
"It's incredibly outrageous on many levels. . .
It is the responsibility of not only elected officials, but also senior staff to ensure that a dollar of tax expenditure is in place.
"When the NDP formed the government, Darryl Plecas served as speaker, which made him drive out by the Liberal Party.
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The legislature is "very worried", and the Opposition House Leader said he had been working for less than 18 months when he moved to take administrative leave for Army sergeant and House clerk.
Lenz and James said in a statement released on Monday that they expect to be acquitted in due course.
Now he's taken as a whistle. blower.
Many people should apologize, says Travis. He finished his work.
To be frank, he is the only one to stand up and do the work.