Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification | Globalnews.ca - eviltoast
The Canadian government mostly relied on an honour system when it awarded billions of dollars in contracts to enterprises identifying as Indigenous.

Wow, people taking advantage of discrimination-based government programs… who could have possibly seen this coming?

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    27 天前

    That’s why I think criminal charges would help.

    Even if you know you’ve got an 80% chance of not getting cost or the program won’t be audited, a 20% chance of jail time and indictment might be enough to dissuade a lot of actors, which ultimately makes it cheaper to police.

    • pipsqueak1984@lemmy.caOP
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      27 天前

      Criminal charges help only if enforcement is actually feasible, which, given the level of enforcement on other fronts, is unlikely.