AG Wants Audit Suggestions. We’ve Got One
The city’s auditor general is asking for suggestions for her next audits.
An audit of the Trillium Line procurement is absolutely vital.
No part of the ongoing light-rail fiasco smells as bad as that process. A company fails technical specifications twice (why do you get a second chance?) and yet still gets the contract. And SNC has a track record from Line 1.
If Gougeon does not audit that procurement, it calls into question the credibility of her office. It calls into question the need for a civic auditor general.
Yes, this could rattle the bigwigs at SNC and on Parliament Hill and among former and current senior staff and the ex-mayor. Maybe even the current mayor. But the AG is supposed to be a crusader, not scared like a rabbit.
If the AG is not prepared to take on the Trillium Line audit, one wonders how she sleeps at night. Gougeon started out strongly but hit a big bump on the audit of police at the Freedom Convoy. She needs a good performance on the Trillium Line procurement.
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We need a strong auditor general. She works for the people of this city. Not for staffers or politicians … federal, civic or provincial.
Ken Gray
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Ask any of the dozen or so current councillors who voted in favour of awarding the contract to SNC in the previous term: What could possibly be a higher priority?The same set who, having heard Councillors Dean and Chiarelli ask loaded questions, chose to vote as instructed, rather than probe for more details. You know, to fulfill their statutory obligations as a councillor.