Canada’s auditor general is investigating more than $208 million in payments made through a Crown corporation to manage a pandemic relief program.
Export Development Canada (EDC) was assigned back in 2020 to manage the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program, which offered $60,000 in interest-free loans to small businesses. The work was given without open bidding to contractor Accenture PLC, a move that cabinet and EDC did not disclose.---More...
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