Highlights from auditor general Michael Ferguson’s spring 2017 report
OTTAWA — Some of the highlights from auditor general Michael Ferguson’s spring 2017 report, tabled Tuesday:
— The RCMP is failing to meet the mental health needs of its members, with new mental health programs only partially implemented, poorly staffed and inadequately funded; one in six members in need of help failed to get it in an easy and timely way.
— RCMP supervisors and health services staff often failed to properly support members returning to work from mental health sick leave; one in five who sought mental health support from a health services office did not return to work or was discharged.
— Oversight problems with Canada’s temporary foreign workers program have allowed lower-paid international workers to take jobs that could be filled by out-of-work Canadians, with some companies so overly dependent on the program that it could be having unintended economic consequences.