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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Um they're paying the band manager $850 a day tax free plus expenses which apparently aren't supported by documentation and they can't afford to bring somebody in by offering equivalent money? I call bull.
I remember when this whole thing blew up that the CBC confronted Spence with a receipt for a private jet rental at a stupid amount of money that was booked to take her family to Toronto for what basically accounted for a shopping trip and Spence lost her mind, I wonder if those supporting documents made its way into the books?
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I'm not defending her. I am sure she is part of problem as well.
I'm just saying, I have experienced some of the problems first hand. I recall one particular job up near Fort Ware, BC where I was the prime contractor and had to hire subs. The funding for job required that we hired local contractors from the reserve where at all possible. Most of these guys did not use proper accounting procedures. There were also severe motivation issues. On two occasions, our excavator operator didn't show up and we had to go to his house and wake him up. We ended up being allowed to hire someone from out of town, only to have him get his truck vandalized and tools stolen. The damages and stand-by time was all charged to the job and the reserve paid it all. Quite a few people got paid for standing around. But if they ever did an audit, I am sure the paper trail would be thin.
Our company even had to put a few locals on the payroll. When I was doing my billing, I saw names on there of people I never met. As sad as it is, a lot of companies enable the situation. I don't work for that company anymore, but I doubt they were alone.
I'm not saying it should be acceptable, but it's the reality.