Ontario spending audit results coming today

Yorkregion.com
September 24, 2018
The Canadian Press

Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy is to announce the findings of a line-by-line review of provincial government spending today.

The government announced last month that EY Canada had been awarded the contract to conduct the audit.

Bethlenfalvy said the firm would audit all government programs and services, something Premier Doug Ford had promised during the spring election campaign.

He said the audit, combined with an independent commission of inquiry, would help the Progressive Conservative government assess the province's financial position.

Ford yesterday announced a select committee to dig further into the province's fiscal situation, while slamming his predecessor's handling of Ontario's books.

Finance Minister Vic Fedeli announced last week that Ontario was dealing with a recently revised $15 billion deficit as a result of Liberal accounting practices.