As at 19 March 2010, the EMS identified that 56 (12.0%) of the 465 recreational vehicles were missing. We also found that 49 of the 56 missing recreational vehicles were assigned to the Department of Natural Resources.
Yes folks, Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s former department lost 49 snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles and that accounted for 87.5% of the government’s inventory of missing ATVs.
We note that the 2006 Report referred to 80 missing recreational vehicles and indicated that "To have this number of machines unaccounted [for] is unacceptable and increased monitoring of both ATVs and snow machines is strongly recommended.” The Report noted that 67 of the 80 missing recreational vehicles were assigned to the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
How do you lose a snowmobile or a quad?
Well, sez the purist, the vehicles aren’t really lost. It’s just that the department officials don’t know where they are.
For those of us paying the bills, that lousy record keeping and the poor management practices that go with it still pay for all that waste in government.
Meanwhile, 49 somebodies may well have sweet rides courtesy of your tax dollars.
- srbp -