BC Liberals attack NDP on Municipal Auditor-General

Earlier today - the BC Government Caucus (BC Liberals) released a statement attacking the provincial opposition BC NDP over a Municipal Auditor-General.  See that statement here

Interestly enough - Section 1 of the Community Charter says:

Principles of municipal governance

1 Municipalities and their councils are recognized as an order of government within their jurisdiction that

(a) is democratically elected, autonomous, responsible and accountable,
(b) is established and continued by the will of the residents of their communities, and
(c) provides for the municipal purposes of their communities.

(2) In relation to subsection (1), the Provincial government recognizes that municipalities require

(a) adequate powers and discretion to address existing and future community needs,
(b) authority to determine the public interest of their communities, within a legislative framework that supports balance and certainty in relation to the differing interests of their communities,
(c) the ability to draw on financial and other resources that are adequate to support community needs,
(d) authority to determine the levels of municipal expenditures and taxation that are appropriate for their purposes, and
(e) authority to provide effective management and delivery of services in a manner that is responsive to community needs.

I'm well on record opposing the idea of a Municipal Auditor-General, with blog posts from yesterday see here and last week (see here) on this subject

It seems Victoria has not learned its' lessons over the HST - shoot first and ask questions later.  The idea of a Municipal Auditor-General has been thrust upon municipalities with inadequate consultation, much like the HST was thrust on BC'ers with no consultation prior to implementation, hence the reason why we had the HST Referendum

Finally - I respect the views of John Les on many provincial matters but this idea is one I stubbornly oppose and disagree with him on.  Is he now saying card-carrying BC Liberals - like me, who oppose this idea somehow are "BC NDP'ers"??

SBF