Lights, camera, inaction: Auditor says Alberta fails to monitor film, TV grants
Oct 13, 2017 | 7:52 AM
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EDMONTON – The auditor general says Alberta’s multimillion-dollar grant program for film and TV productions has been abused because of loose rules and poor oversight.
Merwan Saher says grant recipients have been breaking the rules by hiring people and buying services from out of province and he says one person claimed salary expenses on the set for three different jobs.
The $43-million Alberta Production Grant disallowed out-of-province spending, but Saher says the Tourism Department told him their rules on ineligible spending were so loose, they couldn’t enforce them.
Saher says the department changed the rules last year, but never put them in place.
