Overview
- Indigenous Services Canada is seeking roughly $27.6–$28.7 million back from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations after a KPMG forensic audit of spending from 2019 to 2024.
- The department identified about $23.9 million as unsupported and about $4.8 million as ineligible and said those amounts are repayable.
- FSIN leaders rejected the demand and said they are ready to fight it in court, calling the findings a documentation dispute from the COVID-19 response.
- Auditors said the biggest gap was missing proof that pandemic purchases were delivered, and they also flagged administrative fees used for a new office, $1.2 million in fleet vehicles, unclear travel and procurement records, and payments to a former employee.
- The repayment letter became public through advocate Rob Louie after a whistleblower shared it, and FSIN has until April 2 to provide records or dispute the figures.