In the real world, a budget overrun on the
scale of the hospital overrun would cost someone his or her
job, and would very likely obliterate the board of directors of
any major corporation.
And yet, apparently because this is merely
taxpayers' money, not only will the CEO stay on, but we will be
saddled with the added expense of a supervisor-a supervisor our
MPP hopes will take the role of a coach. So many things are
wrong with that scenario that it leaves a thinking person
almost too stunned to comment.
At what moment did we reach a point where we
decided our public servants should hold no degree of
accountability at all?
I know little about the CEO of the hospital,
but I do know if I was a shareholder in a company that was in
such shoddy shape, I would be expecting the CEO to take some
responsibility.
Instead, this individual makes a statement to
the effect she didn't find the appointment of a supervisor
insulting? Maybe I am truly alone, but as a taxpayer, I find
that attitude insulting.
The CEO and board should be ashamed of their
pathetic degree of performance. To let a project spiral so far
out of control, and to have the province step in as a watchdog,
suggests strongly none of the people on-site have the ability
to manage or lead. Why are we paying these people if not to at
least manage the expenditure of our money?
This supervisor better have both the
authority and guts to take steps to prevent this kind of
obscene mismanagement of public funds from ever happening
again.
I'm sure the hospital management are
wonderful people, and they probably have some talents, but
there is no excuse for what even the first dribbles from this
report suggest.
Frank Buchan
Sudbury
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