By The Staff The Canadian Press
Posted February 11, 2025 11:58 am
1 min read
Nova Scotia’s auditor wide is continuing her combat for much accountability implicit authorities spending that isn’t approved by the legislature.
Kim Adair says spending extracurricular the authoritative fund process has deed $7 cardinal implicit the past decade.
Her caller study released contiguous says the authorities spent $1.38 cardinal successful the 2023-24 fiscal twelvemonth that wasn’t archetypal authorized by a bulk ballot successful the legislature.
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Adair says that extra-budget spending — called “additional appropriations” by the authorities — accounted for 8.2 per cent of the government’s full expenditures successful 2023-24 compared to lone 1.3 per cent successful the 2014-15 fiscal year.
She says that successful 4 of the past 5 fiscal years, authorities revenues exceeded fund forecasts — affording the governing enactment wealth to walk that isn’t approved by the legislature.
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For the 3rd consecutive year, Adair is recommending changes to the province’s Finance Act that would springiness much oversight authorization to the legislature, thing the authorities has refused to do.
This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Feb. 11, 2025.
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