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Auditor general’s report could spell trouble for all three of Ontario’s political parties

April 25, 2018 thestar Leave a Comment

By Martin Regg Cohn Ontario Politics Columnist Wed., April 25, 2018 History, like politics, has a way of repeating itself. Especially at election time. In opposition 15 years ago, Ontario’s Liberal Party smelled a rat. They accused the Tory government of the day of cooking the books. Playing the reformist card in the 2003 campaign, Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals proposed that all future pre-election budgets be reviewed by the auditor. Upon winning power, McGuinty ordered a special audit that uncovered a deficit of more than $5 billion “hidden” by the previous Progressive Conservative government. Fast forward to 2018, with a new cast of characters and the roles reversed. Now, the PC opposition is accusing the governing Liberals of playing with numbers — and this time, the auditor general of the day, Bonnie Lysyk, is on their side. Lysyk held a news conference Wednesday to declare the Liberals are understating the true deficit by $5 billion in their pre-election budget, and by billions more in future years. Familiar number, recurring theme. Article Continued Below The law of unintended consequences has a way of catching up to you. All that Liberal reformist zeal from 2003 is now fresh ammunition for the PCs as they accuse McGuinty’s successor as premier, Kathleen Wynne, of fudging the numbers. There is nothing new in the auditor’s latest report, which is merely a summation and compendium of her previous complaints about Liberal bookkeeping. But in auditing as in politicking, timing is everything. Which makes the Liberals electorally unlucky…. [Read full story]




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