pandemic preparedness, the federal auditor general has concluded, leaving officials no choice but to scramble to respond to COVID-19.
COVID-19 hospital bills could cost $23,000 and up, expert says And if such a scramble is to be avoided in the future, auditor general Karen Hogan found, it’s time for an independent review of the eternal Canadian conundrum: why can’t all levels of government work together better?“It seems that agreeing on who will do what and when, who will report what to whom, and who will take the lead is persistently difficult,” she wrote in the introduction to her audit reports on the government’s pandemic response.“This is not an efficient way of working, nor is it a productive way to serve Canadians.”Hogan’s audits of.