Sheila Fraser
| Sheila Fraser | |
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| Auditor General of Canada | |
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In office May 31, 2001 – May 30, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Denis Desautels |
| Succeeded by | John Wiersema (acting) |
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| Born |
September 16, 1950 Dundee, Quebec |
Sheila Fraser (born September 16, 1950) served as Auditor General of Canada from 2001 to 2011.
Fraser was born in Dundee, Quebec, Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management in 1972. She then became a chartered accountant in 1974 and FCA in 1994. In 1981, she worked for Ernst and Young where she worked on assignment to the Auditor General of Quebec in some cases, and other Quebec government offices.
In January 1999, she joined the Office of the Auditor General of Canada as Deputy Auditor General, Audit Operations. She was subsequently appointed Auditor General in 2001. Her 10-year mandate as Auditor General ended on May 30, 2011. During her time in office, a Readers Digest poll listed her as one of the top five most trusted Canadians.
She made headlines across Canada when her report on the sponsorship scandal rocked the country's political scene. She confirmed serious problems in the federal government's management of its Sponsorship Program for a four-year period beginning in 1997. In a few very troubling cases, sponsorship funds were transferred to Crown corporations using what the Auditor General called "highly questionable methods." That is, they appeared to have been designed to pay significant commissions to communications agencies, while hiding the source of funding and the true nature of the transactions. Parliament and the parliamentary appropriations process were not respected.
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