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department assessed reasons for the price difference prior to submitting the request to Treasury Board,” Paquin wrote. The Treasury Board reviewed MIT’s submission on Oct. 6, 2014 and approved the spending but not the untendered purchase and directed the department to develop a detailed proposal with specific requirements and a plan to tender for the equipment and to provide a plan for custody, dare and use of the equipment, which – because MIT planned to pay for it from its capital budget – would be property of the province but
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in a news release. “This was done with complete disregard to the advice of senior civil servants who were fulfilling their duty to provide expert advice and do what is right for all Manitobans.” Ashton said in an email that the report concluded that “proper administrative procedures had been followed” and that the government has accepted the recommendations, which have either been implemented or are in progress. The proposed untendered purchase was the subject of a 2014 complaint to the Manitoba ombudsman under the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection)
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Act. The former acting ombudsman referred the matter to the clerk of the executive council and was informed that the contract for the equipment would be tendered, so the ombudsman’s office deemed that issue resolved. The clerk of the executive council wrote the ombudsman June 23, 2015 and said Premier Greg Selinger wanted the ombudsman to “consider conducting a fulsome review of the concerns raised by the whistleblower on the matter, including the commitment to and procurement of flood-fighting equipment for the Emergency Operations Centre, to ensure that all appropriate processes had been followed.”
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Seven recommendations accepted by government cing Act would not, in and of itself, give rise to a pecuniary interest under The Legislative Assembly and Executive Government Conflict of Interest Act,” wrote Perozzo in his July 2015 decision. This investigation was under section 15(a) of the Ombudsman Act, which empowers the ombudsman to investigate recommendations made regarding administrative matters “whereby any person is or may be aggrieved.” To read the full report go to: https://www.ombudsman. mb.ca/uploads/document/ files/ombudsman-report-onflood-fighting-equipment-en. pdf