"The SPCA claims McDonald is submitting bills that are several years old, some dating back to 2000. "We can't pay the (bills) without verification and we're working through that. It's $9,800 worth of separate bills. We're tracking down a lot of little bills, not just one big bill," said SPCA spokesperson Lorie Chortyk. We have a skeleton administration staff so we're pulling people off regular duties to try and go through boxes to see if there is anything in our system that relates to the numbers he has given," she said."

BC SPCA Head Office Administration went from nine employees in 2000 to thirty-five at last count.

"The challenge is these bills came from the Langley branch of the SPCA, she said.
"Before we restructured, each branch operated independently, so none of these bills are in our system."

The SPCA uses this excuse so often that it is becoming a bit shop-worn. It's one of CEO Craig Daniell's favourites.

The BC SPCA was restructured in November, 2001. Sorry Lorie, nice try though. A reporter at the Langley Times told me that no one believes the SPCA anymore. And you and Daniell are why.