Auditor General Denise Hanrahan today delivered her annual report to the House of Assembly for the past fiscal year.

A key focus this time around was the government’s promise to ensure electricity rates are not impacted by the Muskrat Falls Project.

But to date, Hanrahan says specific strategies for the rate mitigation plan have yet to be completed, adding that’s critical to gauging the impact the project will have on the province over the next several years.

Elsewhere, dozens of potentially fraudulent incidents were identified involving government credit cards and cheque-cashing, resulting in either discipline, firings or police investigations.

Two major recommendations involving the Eastern School District have yet to be fully implemented, involving training of staff on code of conduct and ethics, as well as identifying fraud risks.

And finally, almost $500 million was committed toward COVID-19 relief funding which was cost-shared with Ottawa on a 50-50 basis, with $41 million of that spent on contact tracing and testing alone.

Hanrahan noted her recommendations are expected to be implemented within three years, though to date, only about 60 per cent have been addressed since 2018.