Auditor reveals $8,400 Christmas party for health authority staff
HALIFAX — Financial controls remain a problem “year after year” at the Nova Scotia Health Authority, where a lack of guidance led to a bill of more than $8,400 for a Christmas party, says the province’s auditor general.
In a report released Tuesday, Michael Pickup says the health authority is one of four government organizations with “significant” repeat financial control issues.
Pickup says a lack of policy direction meant it was “unclear if expenses met health authority expectations” in the case of the party, which was attended by 146 people.
“You have unclear guidance, the policies were ambiguous, and then you have an expenditure like this occur that is a small example of what can happen,” Pickup told reporters.