An employee with SaskPower cost the crown corporation more than $7,500 through the misuse of a company credit card over a period of years. According to the latest round of provincial loss reports, from Nov. 1, 2022 to April 2, 2025 – a SaskPower employee used a corporate procurement card for personal purchases – amounting to a total of $7,526.25. The report did not elaborate what the purchases were exactly. In terms of corrective actions, multiple recommendations were made by an internal audit at SaskPower. They consisted of improving processes, enhancing monitoring, and fixing control deficiencies. The crown corporation apparently put the proposed changes in place in Q4 of 2024-25 to help fix the deficiencies that made it possible for employees to abuse company cards. The employee responsible for the matter was fired, according to SaskPower. The company is currently attempting to recover the funds and is in the process of reporting the incident to police. On Feb. 21 of this year, a term employee took a laptop from SaskPower against instructions from management – costing the company $1,100. Attempts to recover the laptop have been unsuccessful, according to the province. SaskPower reported the incident to police in Q1 of 2025-26. Lastly, in Saskatoon, an employee with the provincial health authority cost the enterprise $577 through the misuse of a parking pass from Aug. 2024 to Feb. 2025. According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), the employee had reported their original parking pass as “lost” and a replacement was issued to them. The SHA says that both of the parking passes were being used by several people, including employees, simultaneously. The employee in question received a 10-day suspension and is currently reimbursing the crown corporation for the full amount owed. Improvements are underway for the SHA’s parking system. The changes include enhanced training for staff and the installation of a new parking management system, according to the report.
