Hey, Who Turned Out The Lights?

Another scathing Auditor General's report - this time, national security.

The Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness -- which has a budget of $52 million per year -- will come under particularly heavy criticism.

It faced a big test last August 14 when most of Ontario was hit with a power blackout and was found wanting.

For example, OCIPEP lost telephone, electricity and computer services at its own building.

Just great. 52 million bucks a year, and the brain trust at the command center for Emergency Preparedness never thought to pick up a couple of generators.

CTV's Craig Oliver says unlike the auditor general's sponsorship scandal report, which came out February 10 and is still causing political reverberations, no wrongdoing will be suggested.

I see. If Liberal hacks skim off public money that was destined to be pissed away in unnecessary advertising schemes anyway - that's "wrongdoing".

But if Liberal negligence and incompetence exposes living breathing Canadians to terrorism, death, destruction and chaos - it's not?

Posted by Kate at March 17, 2004 11:21 PM