Aud-Gen report on Carbon Neutrality released

Earlier this afternoon - the BC Auditor-General (AG) released his report on carbon neutrality in the Public Sector. Read his full report here

In the AG's press release this afternoon, for a first - John Doyle expressed deep concern with interference in this report by saying:

“Of all the reports I have issued, never has one been targeted in such an overt manner by vested interests,” he stated. “Nor has an audited organization ever broken my confidence as did the senior managers at the Pacific Carbon Trust by disclosing confidential information to carbon market developers and brokers.”

“I was astonished to have to expend my Office’s limited resources responding to an orchestrated campaign of delay and interference, led by a public sector entity on behalf of market interests.”

Both the Provincial Government (read here) and Ind. Cariboo-North MLA Bob Simpson (read here) respond to the AG Report

Finally - I was disappointed to learn that BC Environment Minister Terry Lake still, like his fellow Ministers, openly criticizing BC's Auditor-General by saying:

"Who audits the Auditor-General??"

Read more here

Clearly making "classless" remarks about an individual who serves as an Officer of the BC Legislature will not help the BC Liberals' cause to get re-elected for a 4th term and is very likely to solidly the public's opinion that the BC Liberals are rapidly becoming irrelevant and perhaps should take a "time-out" from being government....

-- SBF