FSIN audit questions over $34 million in expenses

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nation (FSIN) is being asked to explain expenses totalling $34,251,566.

The findings of an audit, conducted by Indigenous Services Canada, were shown to the executive leadership on Thursday in Saskatoon through a power point presentation. A copy of the KPMG report was provided to paNOW.

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The results are divided into the categories of ‘ineligible’, ‘questionable’, and ‘unsupported’. The summarized transactions reviewed show $3,732,982 as ineligible program expenditures, $30,362,990 as questionable and $155,595 as unsupported.