The government rushed through spending on the June 2010 G8 and G20 summits without proper documentation or explanation to parliamentarians about how the cash would be spent, he said.
He said government ignored normal protocols when approving infrastructure projects for the G8 summit in the riding of Tory minister Tony Clement — now Treasury Board president — bypassing public servants who generally determine what projects receive funding.
“Rules were broken,” Wiersema told reporters following the committee meeting. “Lawyers could have an interesting debate as to whether any laws were broken.”
The interim A-G said he’s “very concerned” that no government documents exist to explain how the Conservatives selected 32 municipal projects in Clement’s Parry Sound-Muskoka riding that were included in a $50-million G8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund.
