EDMONTON — Alberta's auditor general is taking the province to task for overhauling its disaster recovery program while still handling the biggest natural disaster in its history.
Merwan Saher says the government put too great a strain on its resources when it took over all handling of disaster recovery programs last March.
The work previously had been done by an outside agency.
Saher says that making the switch while Municipal Affairs was still dealing with the 2013 southern Alberta floods overwhelmed the department.
The auditor says there are still gaps in the program that need to be addressed for when the next disaster hits.
Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark says the bureaucratic mess has had human costs, given that hundreds of people affected by the floods are still waiting for disaster assistance.
