"The unfortunate part is that there are no minutes or records of the (February 2004) meeting. "

"That fact was previously noted by Auditor General Sheila Fraser, who slammed the decision to put off booking the $21.8 million in computer costs until the next fiscal year.

Fraser also found another $39 million in costs had been previously postponed, but concluded that was probably a simple accounting error.

Wiersema argued at the time the costs should have been booked in the year in which they were incurrred. After he was overruled he quit as comptroller general and now serves as deputy auditor general."

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