B.C. group says Valcourt isn’t doing enough to address issues in Metis audits
OTTAWA – Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt is being accused of dragging his feet over allegations of poor financial management at the Metis National Council.
The Canadian Press reported Wednesday on a draft of an audit that said the council is paying a numbered company owned by its Manitoba affiliate “more than it should” to rent office space.
In a letter to Valcourt released today, The head of the B.C. Metis Federation says it appears no one at Aboriginal Affairs seems concerned about the findings of the report by an Ottawa consulting firm.
Federation president Keith Henry calls Valcourt’s actions to date “truly disappointing.”
Officials in the minister’s office say the matter has already been dealt with through the signing last year of a renewed Metis protocol and a new governance and financial accountability accord.
The accord was signed in April 2013, before details of the audits became public.
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