Audit finds 800 items missing from Canadian history museum, no plan to deal with it
OTTAWA - An investigation by Canada's auditor general found the CanadianThe federal Crown corporation manages collections for the Canadian, and is charged with the care of more than four million objects and historical and cultural artifacts.
The audit found the corporation did such a poor job keeping tabs on those objects that more than 800 were declared missing during inventory inspections between 2012 and 2022. “There were no plans to resolve any problems uncovered in these verifications, including finding missing items,” the auditor's report stated.of History in March 2022 found more than 700 issues, including almost 80 missing items - five of which were deemed to be of great historical significance.
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