The following statement is being published at the request of Ranjit Saini.
Statement:
I have taken the note of the auditor’s report that is being circulated and commented upon by few parties. Please be advised that at no point, I was consulted or approached by the honourable auditor or anyone associated with MLCC to provide information or support documents to assists with the task assigned to the auditor by the MLCC management. I have therefore sought intervention from the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of Ontario to deal with the matter to see if standards were followed in the preparation of the report. The report covers two partial financial years (Jan 14, 2008 thru July 12, 2008.). MLCC financial year is from October to September.

It is my understanding that the period Oct 2008 thru Sep 2009 have received financial audit under the new administration of the MLCC. I find the actions of the MLCC management very strange that they have included 10 months of their own administration time in this report, a period that have received the audit by a certified public accountant, and has been presented to the AGM of MLCC and duly accepted under the current administration.

2007-2008 periods have received “Review Engagement” as ordered by the membership in 2008 AGM and was accepted by the executive on 23rd April 2009, the day the new administration took over and I resigned as a signatory to the bank account in writing that is now under question.

The common courtesy in these types of matter would dictate that I should have been approached to clarify or provide information for the period that belongs to the administration under my leadership prior to the release of the report or during the making of the report. The fact that the report which is marked “for the MLCC board use only” has been mysteriously circulated to media and to the political leaders of cricket, is in it self a questionable matter that my attorney is looking at for further action.

All receipts and cancelled cheques that cover expenses claimed by me operating as an appointed manager by the MLCC board have been provided to authorities several weeks ago through my attorney. These expense receipts were also reviewed by the executive committee of MLCC for 2008 and the report was presented to the board and duly
accepted during my term in office.

The remaining transactions from the described account and the so called missing cheques would be easily traceable from the bank and may be traced back to the recipients for explanation. Majority of those transactions would be for utilities, insurances, maintenance and repair, paint supplies, taxes, Capital expenditures, labour such as grounds
men/support staffs, rentals such as portables and customer paid expenses such as tents/chairs etc for the special occasions and rental of ground equipment, ground supplies and cleaning supplies etc.

The question that needs to be dealt with is if all the transaction in my name were verified under 2008 administration and then provided to the authorities recently, what is the problem? Why can’t the remaining transaction be verified by going to the recipients of the cheques that may be so easily available form the bank? What are these missing cheques?
Did TD bank lost them too? Our banking system is world renowned and I find these items in the report to be strange at best.

From my personal records a total of $35,935.19 were written in my name from this account. It is my understanding that other transactions from MLCC accounts (excluding cheques that are written to me) was less than $130,000 approximately. Due to the issues that I have discussed in my report in 2008, some payments were made directly by TDCA on our request as depositing cheques into the MLCC accounts, waiting for clearance and then finding MLLCC board members to sign the MLCC cheques would have caused some of these events to be in serious jeopardy.

This is the reality of not for profit organisations that volunteers are only available when they have the time or there is pre-planned arrangements. All these transactions are properly accounted for in the statements submitted in the AGM. “TDCA Accounts”, a statement was a separate document that was submitted at the AGM in 2008. Please be advised that TDCA accounts are audited and hence all these payments accounted for at their end.

At the end of the financial year there was $103196 in payables and Cash plus receivables of $ 122309. In addition, I waived $7800 that was owed to me on my last day as President. (All figures used in my statement are from the statements issued in the AGM to the membership and the copies received by me as a board member)

While notes to the reader (as submitted in the AGM 2008) and the Review Engagement 2008 (23 April 2009) don’t constitute an audit, the fact remains that both are completed by same chartered accountant and the legitimacy of the accounting principals followed shouldn’t be challenged without objective evidence. I will advise that people that are engaged in this topic that they need to be careful and allow the process underway to conclude itself. The report of the honourable auditor deal with time periods that are handled by two separate Chartered Accountants, one doing the financial review for 2008 and the second doing an audit of 2009.

The true fact is still the same that MLCC board of 2008 did an exceptional job of hosting these two major events in circumstances and conditions that are exemplary. I continue to be proud and respectful of all the MLCC board members and volunteers who made this happen while several other stakeholders offered no up front financial help.

At an appropriate time and proper forum in the very near future, I intend to deal with the matters that are especially related to the handling of the government grant that was destined to come to MLCC in the amount of $220,000 and create an infrastructure investment worth $750,000.

I will not make any further comment as the matter is appropriately being handled by the authorities and my attorney.

Best Wishes and Warm regards

(Ranjit Saini)