Accounting firm MNP found “significant gaps” in the manner in which some senior Kwantlen Polytechnic University executive terms and contracts were documented between 2010 and 2014.
At issue are pre-employment contracts which were handed to executives, including KPU President Alan Davis. These consulting contracts allowed the likes of Davis to earn beyond what government guidelines prescribe.
MNP noted in one instance a negotiated pre-employment “research allowance” was used to fund moving expenses.
At the time, now MLA Amrik Virk was a KPU board member. Leaked emails showed Virk was aware of the contracts, forcing him to resign as Minister of Advanced Education.
MNP stated there were no inconsistencies with how regular contracts were disclosed.
MNP made 24 recommendations. KPU says it is fully implementing them. The review cost $250,000.
