FSIN breaks silence after forensic audit finds $34M in ‘questionable’ spending

The forensic audit concluded that more than $34 million in spending by the FSIN between April of 2019 and March of 2024 was “questionable,” unsupported or ineligible. The audit of the organization that represents 74 Saskatchewan First Nations was conducted by KPMG on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada.

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The audit found that $25 million of the $30 million the FSIN received in COVID-19 funding was spent in a “questionable” manner, and KPMG noted that it could not determine if any of the protective equipment purchased with the funding was actually distributed