Part I Summary: What We Learned About the Proactive Disclosure System - Our Conclusions
Presumably, the purpose of all reporting of government expenditures is to increase transparency and permit the public to better understand government priorities and operations.
The proactive disclosure system, as it presently exists, is inadequate to provide Aboriginal people with sufficient and accurate information about how program funds are being allocated. The current system should be regarded as a minimal effort at disclosure relative to the transfer of significant public funds for Aboriginal programs and services.
In addition, approximately $4 billion of the estimated $10 billion in Aboriginal program spending could not be identified through the public reporting of Grants and Contributions. In the spirit of transparency and accountability, the federal government should provide Aboriginal people with standardized, annual, and consolidated reporting on these funds, in addition to the relatively new system of reporting Grants and Contributions.
