The Nova Scotia government and a care company are in a lawsuit over millions of dollars.

The province says the company overbilled for services and did not cooperate with an audit.

The company says there is no basis for the province's claim of overbilling and the total is $18.2 million.

The company says the province stopped paying them and caused their business to close.

None of the claims have been proven in court and the province has not responded to the company's allegations.

The province started the lawsuit in June, saying the company had agreements to care for vulnerable people.

The province says the company did not follow the agreed staffing ratio and overbilled for workers.

The province says the company did not cooperate with an audit by Deloitte.

The province wants the court to make the company give them information about staffing and pay.

The company got over $59 million in public funds since 2016.

The province's filings do not say how much they think they were overbilled.

The company filed a defence and counterclaim, saying they had no master contract with the province before 2021.

The company says they had agreements to care for children and people with disabilities, but these agreements ended in 2024.

The company says they sometimes had to use a different staffing ratio due to the pandemic and worker absences.

The company says the province did not lose any money from this and they did not overbill for their services.

The company says they cooperated with Deloitte's audit but the preliminary report was incorrect.

The company says the preliminary report had flaws and they did not overbill.

The company says the province withheld payment of $5.6 million in invoices and used a flawed method to estimate overbilling.

The company says the province used a flawed method to estimate the overbilling amount at $18.2 million.

The company says the province damaged their reputation and caused their business to close.

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