Talk about a royal flush..The Public Health Agency – faulted for not being prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic – spent nearly “$19,000 on a washroom for the sole use of its executive director,” says Blacklock’s Reporter..Kristina Namiesniowski abruptly resigned last September 18, only days before a damning internal audit of PHA mismanagement was released..In documents tabled on the Commons, Cabinet said the Agency in 2019 installed an executive washroom in the president’s office at a cost of $18,902. The budget line item was marked as $18,301 for “renovating services” and $601 for “other expenditures.”.The document did not detail what fixtures were installed. The expenditure was for “construction of an executive washroom within the president’s office,” wrote staff..Namiesniowski in 2019 was appointed by cabinet as the $273,700-a year president of the Public Health Agency for a five-year term but she resigned only seventeen months later after emailing staff: “I need a break.”.Her resignation came 12 days before completion of an internal audit that cited Namiesniowski and other PHA executives for “confusion” and “limited public health expertise.”. Feds paid nearly $20K for executive toilet for health czarThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is aad-6-e1623794837648.jpg .The Agency lacked “the needed breadth and expertise” to manage the pandemic, said the audit.. Auditors wrote Namiesniowski lacked “timely key information she needed to oversee and administer Agency activities responses” and lacked “clear prioritization across the Agency” on how to manage the pandemic..“Not knowing who is leading on files was mentioned by many as a challenge,” said the audit..Namiesniowski has not been summoned by any parliamentary committee for questioning since her resignation last September 18 and the cabinet last February 26 reassigned Namiesniowski as associate deputy minister at the Department of Employment at her previous salary, $273,700..“The Agency lacked everything,” Senator Éric Forest (Que.) told a March 5 hearing of the Senate national finance committee..“There was mention of a lack of capacity and many shortcomings, lack of expertise, lack of management experience.”.Namiesniowski in memos to cabinet had boasted the $675 million Agency was fully prepared for a pandemic, claiming in a September 16, 2019 memo it was so well-stocked with medical supplies it could fill rush orders for masks and other personal protective equipment within hours..Only after the pandemic’s outbreak did Namiesniowski write an urgent April 1, 2020 memo pleading for help from the military, stating the PHA was so short of supplies that lives were at risk..“Delays in finding suitable space and personnel for the above will have a negative impact on the nation, putting lives at risk due to unavailable testing kits and other supplies supporting the front line health care workers,” Namiesniowski wrote in memo to the health minister..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
Talk about a royal flush..The Public Health Agency – faulted for not being prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic – spent nearly “$19,000 on a washroom for the sole use of its executive director,” says Blacklock’s Reporter..Kristina Namiesniowski abruptly resigned last September 18, only days before a damning internal audit of PHA mismanagement was released..In documents tabled on the Commons, Cabinet said the Agency in 2019 installed an executive washroom in the president’s office at a cost of $18,902. The budget line item was marked as $18,301 for “renovating services” and $601 for “other expenditures.”.The document did not detail what fixtures were installed. The expenditure was for “construction of an executive washroom within the president’s office,” wrote staff..Namiesniowski in 2019 was appointed by cabinet as the $273,700-a year president of the Public Health Agency for a five-year term but she resigned only seventeen months later after emailing staff: “I need a break.”.Her resignation came 12 days before completion of an internal audit that cited Namiesniowski and other PHA executives for “confusion” and “limited public health expertise.”. Feds paid nearly $20K for executive toilet for health czarThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is aad-6-e1623794837648.jpg .The Agency lacked “the needed breadth and expertise” to manage the pandemic, said the audit.. Auditors wrote Namiesniowski lacked “timely key information she needed to oversee and administer Agency activities responses” and lacked “clear prioritization across the Agency” on how to manage the pandemic..“Not knowing who is leading on files was mentioned by many as a challenge,” said the audit..Namiesniowski has not been summoned by any parliamentary committee for questioning since her resignation last September 18 and the cabinet last February 26 reassigned Namiesniowski as associate deputy minister at the Department of Employment at her previous salary, $273,700..“The Agency lacked everything,” Senator Éric Forest (Que.) told a March 5 hearing of the Senate national finance committee..“There was mention of a lack of capacity and many shortcomings, lack of expertise, lack of management experience.”.Namiesniowski in memos to cabinet had boasted the $675 million Agency was fully prepared for a pandemic, claiming in a September 16, 2019 memo it was so well-stocked with medical supplies it could fill rush orders for masks and other personal protective equipment within hours..Only after the pandemic’s outbreak did Namiesniowski write an urgent April 1, 2020 memo pleading for help from the military, stating the PHA was so short of supplies that lives were at risk..“Delays in finding suitable space and personnel for the above will have a negative impact on the nation, putting lives at risk due to unavailable testing kits and other supplies supporting the front line health care workers,” Namiesniowski wrote in memo to the health minister..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
