Dix calls on Premier Clark to reconsider decision not to reappoint Auditor General
Vancouver – New Democrat leader Adrian Dix has called on Premier Clark to instruct Liberal members of the special legislative committee to reconsider their decision not to reappoint Auditor General John Doyle to a second six-year term.
“The Auditor General has done an outstanding job by any measure and deserves to be reappointed,” said Dix. “It simply makes no sense to deny reappointment when the Auditor General’s initial appointment was unanimous and he has done such an excellent job serving the public interest.”
John Doyle was appointed unanimously by the public accounts committee in 2007. Under legislation, the Auditor General can indicate a desire to be reappointed for a second term and a special legislative committee must consider that request within 60 days. For the Auditor General to be reappointed, the committee must provide unanimous consent, which was not given.
“Rather than going through an expensive, time-consuming and unnecessary search, the ideal candidate is already on the job and should be kept on,” said New Democrat caucus chair Shane Simpson. “His work on the BC Rail scandal, on accounting practices at BC Hydro and on the government’s failures in managing our forest resource has been exemplary.”
“The Liberal government has shown a pattern of unwillingness to listen to their critics, of only talking to their friends and acting as if they will always be in power,” said Dix. “This is a wrongheaded decision, but I will be the first to praise them if they reconsider it and support the reappointment of the Auditor General.”
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