Karen Hogan

Following a damning investigation into Sustainable Development Technology Canada revealing dozens of conflict-of-interest rule violations and ineligible companies receiving millions of dollars, the Conservatives are looking to make Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government pay a heavy price.

The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed to employers through a pandemic-era wage subsidy program as a result of a partially completed auditing process.

The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines.

We should continue to chase down egregious overpayments but also remember: the generous support averted a far bigger mess, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Canada's auditor general says COVID-19 benefits were delivered quickly and helped mitigate economic suffering, but the federal government hasn’t done enough to recover billions of dollars in overpayments.

Canada's auditor general is expected to release two highly anticipated reports on the government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis in 2021, including access to vaccines and pandemic benefits. 

The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the government reintroduces several stringent rules in response to the spreading Omicron variant.

The federal auditor general says the government can't show that the Liberals' $188-billion infrastructure plan is meeting its lofty goals, and warns the spending may fall short of expectations without changes in oversight.

Indigenous Services Canada won't set a deadline for lifting all remaining long-term drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities, but it will create a website to provide estimated completion dates for each one that remains.

Canada’s federal environment commissioner should be made an independent officer of Parliament, three experts told a House of Commons committee Monday.

A federal audit reveals shortcomings with the government’s strategy to eliminate long-term boil water advisories on reserves.

The federal Conservatives have asked Canada's procurement watchdog to review the circumstances around several sole-sourced contracts between the Liberal government and WE Charity, including its administration of a $900-million federal program for students.