From: brewnoserii@gmail.com   
      
   If there is one class of citizens that needs constant monitoring and oversight   
   - it's the First Nations class.   
      
   One abuse of funding after another . . .     
   - Chiefs and kin who bleed taxpayer-funded transfers to native groups;   
   - refusal by first nations to pass their yearly accounts before independent   
   auditors;   
   - tax-funded healthcare, education, housing and even clothing - expected, but   
   no   
   accounting forthcoming.   
      
   And now we have a new 'First Nations Health Authority' that is being filled   
   with unqualified people - and without proper screening, competition or   
   background checks.  No bloody wonder it's surged from 50 to 500 people.   
      
   And we wonder why the First Nations people are going around in circles,   
   grousing about lack of services and lower standards of living?  It could well   
   be because they scam every damned system they are given from the taxpayers of   
   this country - and only    
   the strongest and most corrupt reap the rewards.  The others are left to whine   
   that they're 'being discriminated against'.   
      
   Justin Trudeau, you did every Canadian taxpayer and every first nations   
   citizen a great disservice when you waived the *accountability* requirements   
   put in place by the previous government for First Nations to prove how they're   
   spending taxpayer funding.    
       
      
   Maybe this latest Auditor-General report will shake you awake on why First   
   Nations are being funded - but not see advances in standard of living?  Get   
   with reality.   
      
   There are a whole lot of non-native people out there hurting in a failing   
   Canadian economy - they don't need to be contributing to the funding of scam   
   artists.   
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   CBC News Posted: Feb 02, 2016   
      
   B.C.'s First Nations Health Authority under fire from auditor general   
      
   B.C.'s first Nations Health Authority is under fire from Canada's auditor   
   general for gaps in its recruiting, compensation and conflict of interest   
   policies.   
      
   The concerns were outlined by Auditor General Michael Ferguson in his report   
   which was released on Tuesday. Ferguson was acting on tips his office had   
   received.   
      
   "We conducted this audit in response to an anonymous document we received,   
   making allegations against the authority in relation to its accountability and   
   transparency," said Ferguson.   
      
   While the report found that overall "the First Nations Health Authority had   
   established an accountability and governance framework to guide its operations   
   and to promote transparency and accountability," Ferguson still had several   
   areas of concern.   
      
   "We found gaps in the policies we examined, pertaining to conflict of   
   interest, recruitment, personnel security, administrative investigations,   
   financial information and disclosure, and employee relocation.  We also found   
   that the authority's guidance on    
   implementing these policies was limited," said the report.   
      
   The report noted the health authority had been through a transition period of   
   rapid growth as it established itself.     
      
   The First Nations Health Authority took over planning, designing, managing,   
   and funding the delivery of First Nations health programs across British   
   Columbia in October 2013, growing from less than 50 employees in 2009 to   
   almost 500 employees in 2015,    
   including the transfer of about 200 employees from Health Canada in 2013.   
      
   "This transition involved merging different organizational cultures and   
   information technology and financial management systems, and establishing an   
   accountability and governance framework that reflected its expanded and   
   increasingly complex operations,"    
   noted the report.   
      
   Undocumented qualifications   
      
   In order to examine allegations of improper hiring processes, the report   
   reviewed 14 personnel files of managers working within the authority, to   
   determine whether there was evidence that the most qualified candidates had   
   been hired in each case.   
      
   Specifically only three of the 14 positions were posted publicly, and there   
   was evidence only six of the candidates hired possessed the required   
   qualifications, only two had the required education, and only three had the   
   required background checks    
   performed.   
      
   "We found that evidence was limited, in most of these files, to demonstrate   
   that the most qualified candidate was the one hired," concluded the report.   
      
   The report concluded guidelines on how to assess candidates for positions and   
   how to document those decisions was limited.   
      
   "It did not specify how to determine the most qualified candidate, nor did it   
   specify in what situations external (instead of internal) recruitment should   
   be pursued.  This type of guidance is required to support the fairness and   
   competency    
   considerations expected of organizations that are publicly funded."   
      
      
   Further conclusions   
      
   The report detailed several other areas of concern.   
      
   While the report found the health authority complied with its policy on   
   conflict of interest, "it did not require new employees to formally declare   
   whether they had conflicts of interest.  Nor did it require existing employees   
   to periodically declare    
   whether they had conflicts of interest.   
      
   "There was also gaps in criminal record checks for employees working with   
   vulnerable people, the report noted.  "The policy did not contain provisions   
   for ensuring that security clearances were updated periodically."   
      
   It also found the policies did not specify under what circumstances   
   complainants' supervisors (as opposed to others) should carry out   
   investigations.   
      
   "This guidance would be needed to help support the objectivity of   
   investigations. Furthermore, the policy did not specify the type of   
   documentation needed to demonstrate that investigations had been properly   
   carried out.  Such guidance is important,    
   because it would help to protect the organization and prevent repercussions   
   for people who raise allegations in good faith."   
      
   There was also a lack of guidelines for compensation for senior executives.   
      
   "We also found that justifications for the considerable variation in   
   allowances provided in senior management employment agreements were not   
   documented."   
      
   "The Relocation Policy set out relocation allowances for employees, but not   
   for senior executives.  Guidelines on the amounts that can be reimbursed to   
   senior executives would help to ensure fairness and consistency in how they   
   are compensated."   
      
   It also found the policies did not require the authority to disclose the   
   amounts spent on professional and service contracts, hospitality and travel,   
   and salaries for senior officials.   
      
      
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