Karen Hogan
Karen Hogan is the Auditor General of Canada, known for her role in overseeing the financial management and accountability of the federal government. She has been instrumental in highlighting issues related to government spending practices, including concerns about the management of federal contracts and the adherence to best practices in procurement. Her reports often lead to significant discussions and actions regarding fiscal responsibility within government operations.
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Auditor-General Karen Hogan found that the department needed an additional 5,200 to 7,200 housing units for its members.
Defence department to build 7,500 new housing units across Canada
Canada· 2026-02-24
Federal Auditor-General Karen Hogan added to the criticism regarding the CRA's performance.
Canada must overhaul its broken tax systemCanada· 2025-10-22
Auditor-General Karen Hogan says that despite an 84 per cent increase in spending since 2019, Indigenous Services Canada continues to struggle to expand access to clean drinking water and emergency services in First Nations communities.
Federal government falling behind on clean water, emergency services for First Nations, A-G saysCanada· 2025-10-21Auditor-General Karen Hogan concluded in a pair of reports that the Canadian Armed Forces neither recruited enough new soldiers nor properly managed housing for existing ones.
Canadian Armed Forces didn’t recruit enough soldiers, provide adequate housing, A-G report findsCanada· 2025-10-21Auditor-General Karen Hogan reported in June on the slow progress of the federal government's efforts to reduce office space.
How to breathe new life into Ottawa's ailing coreCanada· 2025-09-01Earlier this year, Auditor-General Karen Hogan said the cost of buying the planes is much higher than originally billed.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly to meet with Saab on visit to Sweden, source saysCanada· 2025-08-18
Auditor-General Karen Hogan holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa.
Auditor-General to review hiring, promotion of federal public service employees with disabilitiesCanada· 2025-07-26
Auditor-General Karen Hogan is planning to audit a recently launched $526-million system at Canada Border Services Agency.
Auditor-General to review new $526-million border duties systemCanada· 2025-07-03
Karen Hogan is the Auditor-General conducting a new review of the CRA’s call centres.
CRA’s online chat service becomes new source of complaints for Canadians struggling with wait times and availabilityCanada· 2025-06-23
Auditor-General Karen Hogan has released reports criticizing federal oversight of contracts with GCStrategies.
Commons approves motion calling for ArriveCan contractor GCStrategies to face lifetime banCanada· 2025-06-16
Auditor-General Karen Hogan said in a report that the cost of buying the F-35 jets is expected to run almost 50-per-cent more than the original estimate.
Canada’s F-35 costs are soaring to crazy levels. Time to bring on the drones insteadCanada· 2025-06-14
Karen Hogan is the Auditor-General who reported on the federal government's progress in reducing underused office space.
Ottawa far from achieving goal to cut underused office space, Auditor-General saysCanada· 2025-06-11
Karen Hogan found a backlog of nearly 12,000 applications for First Nations status.
Ottawa too slow to process First Nations status applications, Auditor-General saysCanada· 2025-06-10
Auditor-General Karen Hogan has found wide-ranging concerns about federal contracts awarded to GCStrategies.
Public servants paid ArriveCan’s main contractor GCStrategies without ensuring work was done, Auditor-General findsCanada· 2025-06-10
Auditor-General Karen Hogan’s office said Tuesday it found this figure was based on outdated information.
Acquiring U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets will cost Canada nearly 50% more than disclosed, Auditor-General findsCanada· 2025-06-10A report by Canada’s Auditor General Karen Hogan found the government’s record-keeping was poor.
Company that worked on ArriveCan app banned from government contracts for 7 yearsCanada· 2025-06-07
Auditor-General Karen Hogan called the Phoenix pay-system fiasco 'an incomprehensible failure of project management and oversight.'
Opinion: Whether it’s Carney or Poilievre, the next PM must clean house in the federal public serviceCanada· 2025-04-24
Karen Hogan released a report criticizing the management of the ArriveCan app, highlighting issues in contracting practices.
Ottawa alleges IT subcontractor billed for more than 24 hours of work in a dayCanada· 2025-03-07
Auditor-General Karen Hogan released a report warning about federal contract management.
Opposition MPs criticize Liberals for failing to rein in record federal spending on outsourcingCanada· 2025-02-18
