Communiqués

À publier le 8 novembre – Le gouvernement provincial a dépassé les objectifs de rendement de son programme d’immigration de 2016 à 2020, mais de nombreux aspects du programme doivent être améliorés compte tenu du plan audacieux d’accroissement de la population de la Nouvelle-Écosse à deux millions d’habitants au cours des 40 prochaines années, signale un nouvel audit.

Publication le 20 septembre – La Nouvelle-Écosse doit faire un plus grand effort pour servir des aliments sains dans ses 366 écoles publiques ou risquer des milliards de dollars en soins de santé futurs, affirme Kim Adair, vérificatrice générale de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

Pour diffusion le 21 juin – La Nouvelle-Écosse ne dispose pas d’une structure de gouvernance efficace en matière de logement public et elle n’exerce pas une surveillance adéquate des administrations régionales du logement dans la province, selon un nouveau rapport de la vérificatrice générale.

For release May 17 - Nova Scotia must make immediate and significant improvements to the monitoring of its community corrections system to ensure public safety and public confidence in the system isn’t compromised, reveals a new audit from Nova Scotia’s Auditor General.

For release April 26 - The government has faltered in its implementation of Auditor General recommendations from past performance audits and has critical work to do to get back on track, reveals a new Follow-up Report.

For release April 26 - It has been five years since the Atlantic Auditors General made 25 recommendations directed to the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) and the four Atlantic shareholder governments. In a follow-up report released today, the four shareholder governments have still not implemented four important recommendations intended to improve ALC’s governance and overall effectiveness.

For release December 7, 2021 - The Province increased its borrowing $1.1 billion last year to cover capital and relief spending when Nova Scotia’s economy and finances were significantly impacted by COVID-19.

For release November 23 - The government has an adequate plan to address the internet needs of Nova Scotians, but there are numerous value-for-money concerns because of the use of an external trust to deliver a major province-wide initiative, says the Auditor General.

For release November 23 - The government’s quick response to set up COVID-19 relief programs in the first wave of the pandemic was commendable, says Nova Scotia’s Auditor General. But by committing funding before relief programs were fully developed and costs were known, millions in potentially unspent relief funds won’t return to Provincial coffers, Auditor General Kim Adair says in her latest report.

For release July 7 -The government has completed a significant number of Auditor General recommendations from 2018 performance audits but still has critical work to do to fully implement recommendations from past audits, reveals a new Follow-up Report.