Auditor General

Annette Verschuren resigned shortly after the ethics commissioner said he would investigate her over allegations of breaching the Conflict of Interest Act.

Leah Lawrence recently told the Commons ethics committee that her organization had always followed ethical rules under her leadership.

The minister says there is no evidence to justify firing the leadership, who are under review over mismanagement allegations.

Cabinet instead seeks a closed-door review by an advisory committee.

The auditor general says Ottawa has known about the ‘aging’ computer systems issue for more than two decades but hasn’t put a plan in place to fix it.

A Conservative MP told a parliamentary committee it must “get the truth for Canadians” regarding federal ArriveCan contracts.