Several months ago there were reports of missing $20 million in Gold at the RCM. Tonight's National News reports that there really was no missing gold. It was just poor accounting and inventory control. Cost to taxpayers to figure this out is a reported $1.4 million (accountants, police, etc).
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw. Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony Passive Income blog
I'll try to record that tonight, I was following the story off and on. The discrepancy sounds like a lot but I remember reading it was only 0.3% of the year's throughput. Did anyone else see that episode of Rick Mercer where he toured the mint around that time?