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TMCNet: Provincial audit outlines misspending by Toronto Catholic school board trustees

[November 14, 2008]

Provincial audit outlines misspending by Toronto Catholic school board trustees

(Canadian Press (delayed) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TORONTO _ A provincial audit into spending by Catholic school board trustees in Toronto has revealed nearly $30,000 in ineligible and potentially ineligible expenses.

The independent audit, released Thursday by the Education Ministry, found most of the nearly $1 million in expenses were consistent with board policy.

But the audit also showed that each of the 11 trustees had billed ineligible items ranging in price from $110 to $2,146. Those expenses have since been repaid as part of the auditing process.

The ineligible expenses included jewelry, vehicle licence plates, dry cleaning, meals for spouses, and mini-bar and cable TV charges, according to Ernst and Young LLP report, which reviewed spending by current trustees between 2003 and 2008. Cases of double billing were also discovered.


Most of the more than $19,000 in potentially ineligible charges have not yet been recovered, and the report has been forwarded to Toronto police to determine if the matter warrants further investigation.

While the report breaks down expenses by each trustee, no individual is ever named.

Education Minister Kathleen Wynne said she's concerned that abuses in spending will undermine the public's confidence in the education system. The purpose of the audit wasn't to point fingers, but to clean up unresolved issues, she said.

``This really isn't about shaming individual people _ it's about the principle,'' Wynne said.

``We required and the public required to know what the size of the problem was and what we were going to do about it.''

Catherine LeBlanc-Miller, chairwoman of the Toronto District Catholic School Board, said she's pleased the review shows nearly 97 per cent of expenses were deemed acceptable.

Regarding the misspent money, she pointed to a series of measures that have already been implemented to avoid such ``challenges'' in the future. The board has cancelled corporate credit cards, created new policies and approvals processes, and begun posting expenses on its website, she said.

A new expense policy was installed in September, following a damning government report last spring that said the board was the highest spender in the province.

``We certainly are hopeful that (the community) will be reassured by the findings in the report and reassured of our commitment as we move forward,'' LeBlanc-Miller said.

Kevin Gaudet of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation reacted with outrage to the timing of the audit.

``It's more than a dollar short and a day late,'' he said. ``Taxpayers are on the hook. Lord only knows it's probably the tip of the iceberg.

``It looks like they just want to sweep this under the carpet and make it look like they've done something, and we (still) want to see what the accountability measures will be.''

The ministry said the new, stricter expense policies being put in place by the board are expected to save $370,000 annually. Trustee expense budgets have also been temporarily reduced by $260,000 while the board remains under the ministry's supervision.

Progressive Conservative education critic Joyce Savoline said she's not reassured by the government's oversight.

``I think they knew that something was going on, because they've known for two years that something happened,'' she said.

``But if they really, truly did not know something was going on, then we've got a bigger problem in this government than we could have ever predicted.''

Wynne said the new information will allow local taxpayers to hold individual trustees to account.

``That's what needs to happen,'' she said.

LeBlanc-Miller said trustees are prepared to be held accountable.

``We are Catholic-elected representatives in this school board and the Catholic community, and we expect to be held to a high standard,'' she said.

Copyright ? 2008 The Canadian Press

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