TORONTO — Ontario businesses that weren’t eligible for pandemic relief programs received more than $200 million in provincial supports, others were given more money than they lost and some hard-hit vendors were excluded altogether, the province’s auditor general has found.
Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s annual report, released Wednesday, covered 18 topics including COVID-19 help for businesses, management of personal protective equipment, surgery wait times and assisted living services.
Pandemic programs for businesses totalled $11.2 billion — about a third of the money allocated for provincial COVID-19 relief — but Lysyk found those programs lacked clear goals and eligibility criteria was poorly defined, allowing thousands of ineligible businesses to receive funds.
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