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Legal settlements cost Ottawa $500 million

Sujets: 
Justice Department, RCMP, HRDC, National Defence, Transport Canada
Scores: 
3

Paul McLeod – October 31, 2012

The federal govern­ment paid out more than $500 million in legal settlements in the last fiscal year, according to new public accounts data.

The largest payout in the 2011-12 fiscal year was $448 million to settle 3,929 abuse claims through Aboriginal Af­fairs and Northern Development Canada. That’s an average of $114,000 per settlement.

Six arrests in kickback probe

Sujets: 
Corruption, HRDC
Scores: 
0

Dale Brazao – December 21, 2006

The former campaign chair for two Toronto mayors faces fraud and bribery charges in connection with the misappropriation of federal government grants.

John Danson, 60, a long-time Liberal party activist and campaign manager for mayors Mel Lastman and June Rowlands, is one of six people arrested in the past week in an ongoing police investigation of grants obtained from the former Human Resources Development Canada.

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